Bereaved and Blessed

Withdrawal

January 28, 2014

In recent weeks my thoughts and daydreams have been filled with fictional characters, including Katniss Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne and Peeta Mellark. I was reading The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins and often felt like I was part of their world, living in Panem, and fighting against the leaders of the Capitol for freedom and […]

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The Prayer

January 21, 2014

“They have gone no farther from us than God… and God is very near.” ~ St. Augustine I have attended a lot of wakes and funerals in recent weeks and months. I guess it comes with getting older, that some of my friends, their parents, their siblings and their spouses are going to die. A […]

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Ripping Off Bandaids

January 8, 2014

The longer we wait, it is often harder to psyche ourselves up to do. It’s been almost a month since I wrote a real blog post, other than sharing a photo or video with holiday greetings. That’s longest I have gone in over three years. My break from writing wasn’t intentional, at least not initially. […]

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Happy 2014!

January 1, 2014

Happy New Year from our Axe/Benson family to yours!

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Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2013

With love from, Kathy, Bob, Sean & Abby with Molly in our hearts

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Holding Her

December 10, 2013

It’s been over 5 1/2 year since I last held Molly in my arms. Today I got to hold a special bear that weighs the same as Molly did, 4 lbs. 10 oz. It was awesome and surreal to hold our “Molly Bear” for the first time. She arrived late this afternoon, after a day that […]