Bereaved and Blessed

Rewind 2020

December 31, 2020

9 years ago I participated in a year-end blog meme for the first time called Rewind 2011, with fun and interesting questions designed to get writers and readers to reflect on our lives in 2011. I did so again the following year, with my Rewind 2012. Ever since I did this writing exercise those two […]

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My London Semester Journal II: Thursday, March 28 & Friday, March 29, 1996

November 25, 2020

Thursday, 3-28-96 10:00 PM Leaving London 4:00 PM E-Town Well, we’re off! Yep — we’ve gone for 5 mins. & we’re lost already! This is gonna be a great trip! ☺︎ I can’t believe we are really doing this road trip we have talked about for so long! Lori’s friend Alex is driving, Nick navigating, […]

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My London Semester Journal II: Monday, March 25 & Wednesday, March 27, 1996

November 19, 2020

Monday, 3-25-96 7:45 PM London 1:45 PM E-Town For 3 nights in a row I have had Kraft “Mac & Cheese” or “Cheesy Mac” for dinner! (YIKES… it’s gotta stop — though, oh so yummy!) I don’t feel like writing in here anymore right now, no real reason… Wednesday, 3-27-96 1:22 AM London Tuesday, 3-26-96 […]

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My London Semester Journal II: Sunday, March 24, 1996

November 14, 2020

Sunday, 3-24-96 7:19 PM London 1:19 PM E-Town I should, rather could be, on my way to church right now… but I just don’t feel like it tonight. I believe God will understand… Today I went to a football (soccer) game w/ Garth (he lives here at Pembridge & is on the ISA staff). He […]

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Today You Are Seventeen

October 2, 2020

It’s an old song It’s an old tale from way back when It’s an old song And that is how it ends That’s how it goes Don’t ask why, brother, don’t ask how He could have come so close The song was written long ago Your Daddy likes to tease me that when I start […]

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Better Off

September 22, 2020

I’ll never understand why grief hits us the way it does, at any given moment, and I cannot seem to stop crying since I heard the news. We never got to meet in person and I am still so damn heartbroken. Cancer really sucks. I didn’t think you were going to die and as far […]