Yearly Archives: 2015

Every year I do this.  Every year, on this day, I come to this space and I shut out all the noise and remember.  Every year on this day, I block out everything else and I allow my mind the room to think back on the remarkable memories of this day. I remember the dark […]

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Three little pumpkins currently sit on our kitchen table.  Their bright orange color accented by drawings beautifully representing each of our three children. A smirky, scary face crafted by Charlie, a little girl with long hair artfully drawn by Chanelle, flanked by her neatly written name, and for Meadow–a circle with four lines reaching from […]

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A couple of weeks ago, the kids found caterpillars chilling out on leaves in our backyard.  Charlie, being the bossy big brother that he is, instructed Chanelle to go into the house to retrieve some jars so they could make a home for the creatures. Chanelle diligently followed her instructions and ran outside carrying three […]

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“I wish I could just be normal.”   This was the statement I made to Chad just last night as the tears that I had been swallowing back for days finally surfaced.  I first swallowed them back when we marched up and down the aisles of Target searching for pencils, pens, and folders colored red, […]

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I forget a lot of things.  Where is my phone?  What time are we supposed to be at the soccer game?  What was the name of that gentleman we met yesterday?  Where did I put the mayo? Shoot, I needed to buy milk at the grocery store.  How do I get to fourth street?  Are […]

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