In one of my books on grieving the loss of a child, the author suggests smashing a piece of pottery as a form of therapy.I thought this was one of the dumbest things I had ever heard.I was on my way to pick up Todd at the airport while we were at the beach, and on the...
First of all, please let me express my deepest thanks to those of you who sent me emails, gifts, and prayers on my Birthday yesterday. I cannot believe how many of you “strangers” thought to bless me with your acknowledgements! It was a good, full...
(written on Sunday evening…5/11/08…Mother’s Day)I feel so sneaky.I have wanted to ask for prayer for the past few weeks, but I was working on keeping a real good secret, and I am proud to say I pulled it off.Yesterday, I went to Texas and surprised...
Jessica and I got together yesterday so that she could give me my Birthday present (it’s on May 19th…she’s an overachiever at planning:)), and she also gave me a little grief over the fact that I hadn’t updated my blog in the past week....
This has been a hard week.Just six words, but they pretty much sum it up.After crying through basically every human interaction I have had for the last several days, I realized that there was something in me that needed to be broken. Something that I...
Welcome to the blog that tells the story of my daughter, Audrey. This content begins in January 2008 and records our love and loss of our fourth child. This blog will not be updated regularly, but just serves as an archive of my writings from that season. For regular updates, please subscribe to my mailing list.