Monthly Archives: December 2011

For a long time there were only your footprints & laughter in our dreams & even from such small things, we knew we could not wait to love you forever. -Story People And love her, we do. . . I remember driving along a busy road on a brisk fall day when she was still […]

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It’s December 28th.  Really?  How did that happen?  At the beginning of December we began counting down the days until the “Big” day.  Each of the 24 days before the 25th we opened a door in our Advent calender.  Each day we took care to mark one more day passed and one day closer to […]

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She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short. -Story People I couldn’t have said it any better.  When I find words like this. . . words that resonate. . . words that could have been my […]

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Charlie Brown: (shouting in desperation) Isn’t there anyone out there who can tell me what Christmas is all about? Linus Van Pelt: Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you. Lights, please. [a spotlight shines on Linus] Linus Van Pelt: “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their […]

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I still call her my roommate.  It’s silly, really.  We haven’t lived together for more than ten years, but still. . . she’s my roomie.  Our room was the first you came to when you walked up to the third floor of our dorm on our small college campus.  I can still see our bunked […]

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