7 years ago today we experienced our first miscarriage. 7 years ago today we lost our pregnancy innocence. 7 years ago today our first dream of having another child close in age to our son died. 7 years ago today we tried to understand why. 7 years ago today we tried to accept what had […]
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who still remember. It means so much to me and other bereaved parents to know that, especially as more and more time passes since the deaths of our children. Last night Bob and I were watching the Chicago evening news when we happened to see an amusing story about a couple that got a flat […]
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THEN — My dad, my sister, me and my mom in front of Spaceship Earth at Epcot (July 1985): NOW — Me, Abby, Bob and Sean in front of Spaceship Earth at Epcot (November 2011): 26 years after I first visited Disney World with my parents and sister I got to return there to experience […]
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11 is my lucky number! I love on November 11th at 11:11 and 11 seconds to make “the ultimate wish.” I try to make use of both of my chances (AM & PM) to do so every year. I believe my older sister Meg taught me to make wishes at 11:11 along with many other […]
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I scheduled this blog entry to post today around the time that I will give my witness on the women’s retreat (see my post from yesterday) that I am helping to facilitate at our church this weekend. My witness is about “Discipleship,” what it means to me and my faith journey. I ask that if you read […]
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I recently wrote about my “All-Time Favorite Post” as part of my new blog hop/writing exercise called Time Warp Tuesdays. It was interesting and therapeutic to revisit my favorite post and see how far my family and I have come since I wrote it in March 2009. Angie, from Still Life with Circles, had another awesome idea for a blog round up recently. […]
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