death – Page 2

A New Normal

/ August 15, 2012 / 58 Comments

Before I begin this post, I wanted to take a minute to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your comments, emails, texts, thoughts, and prayers. My family has been…

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My Dad

/ August 13, 2012 / 354 Comments

On Saturday night, Chris and I were tucking our little ones into a king sized bed at the resort where we were having our back-to-school stay cation, and the phone rang. It was…

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Life and Death on a Sunday Morning

/ July 30, 2012 / 24 Comments

Sunday morning, Chris left early to be at work for the Target Festival. That left me wrangling the yahoos. I had approximately 45 minutes to get some breakfast in their bellies, stuff them…

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Tragedy Through a Mother’s Eyes

/ May 25, 2011 / 35 Comments

Today I am at a funeral. It was unexpected and untimely and though no death is easy to face, it is this kind of death that seems even harder. Last night as I…

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Ode to A Cat I Didn’t Even Like

/ September 23, 2008 / 5 Comments

My mom called me this morning and told me they had to put my childhood cat down yesterday afternoon. It wasn’t an unexpected call – Prince was 17 years old – but…

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