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I haven't updated this blog in a while, I am deciding if I want to update with what I have written in 2022 or start from now. Keep checking back for new entries or subscribe to receive new entries via email.
A few weeks ago I was talking with a friend and she told me that I should start speaking to groups about my process with grief and loss...
- May 7, 2020
- 3 min
A Week of Despair and Celebration
Plan and Distract The days leading up to Jonathan’s celebration of life and burial were a scurry of entertaining friends and family,...
- May 3, 2020
- 3 min
This Day Over the Years
This day 10 years ago, we announced on FB that we were pregnant with Jonathan. Anthony had let the cat out of the bag at Uncle Richard’s...
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
It’s Gonna be May (I couldn’t resist)
Last week as I was adding our next family counseling session to the calendar for May 11, I noticed that the 10th was Mother’s Day. I felt...
- Apr 30, 2020
- 3 min
Where will Buddy go?
Do you trust God with the big and small details of your life? Do you pray and ask him to direct you on what decisions to make? Leaving...
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
Long Walks, Life and Government?
Yesterday Katie and I took a walk for an hour and a half, we talked about so many different things. This was the first time that she had...
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
Sadness In Heaven?
Disclaimer: I know these questions are not theologically sound but stick with me until the end. (this is a glimpse into the mind of an...
- Apr 17, 2020
- 1 min
It's Been One Second
The girls were at their Vous High crew, I was at Jesus and Blanca's crew with Cari and an impatient, animated little boy was blowing up...
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
Little Special Moments
Yesterday Katie and I sorted Jonathan’s cars, she acted out a scene from Cars and recreated a picture of the important characters. Lol I...
- Apr 15, 2020
- 1 min
First Walk of This Season
Today I took a walk. I left my house for the first time in 5 weeks. And really longer than that because I barely left the house in...
- Apr 12, 2020
- 1 min
JESUS IS ALIVE!
I received this text from a fellow mom that lost her young son 2 years ago, we are part of a club that no one wants to join. And yes...
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
Happy Good Friday
Yesterday I was talking(texting) to a friend and she asked if I treasure all the little memories more now or if they have the opposite...
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
His Laugh, His Smile, His Jumping Around
Movies and tv shows have given us a false sense of the finality of death. I would imagine that before “the entertainment age”, it was...
- Apr 1, 2020
- 1 min
Do You Have Any Phobias?
Katelyn used to be so very afraid of heights, she wouldn’t even like being thrown in the air. Alayna told me today that she doesn’t like...
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
Hello Again Tuesday Morning
Hello again Tuesday morning. Hello to all the images and panic of that Tuesday morning. Hello to all the conversations of sharing the...
- Mar 29, 2020
- 1 min
Jesus Strong and Kind
🎶"No one else can satisfy I should come to Him Jesus said, if I am weak I should come to Him No one else can be my strength I should...
- Mar 27, 2020
- 1 min
Joy and Heartache
We spent the last few days painting a lot of the house as a family. A house that holds many wonderful memories as well as very...
- Mar 26, 2020
- 2 min
Grateful In Suffering
I am in a Bible reading FB group and a couple people were saying it is difficult to read the book of Job right now because of the...
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1 min
Becoming Normal Again
This picture was taken a few days before Jonathan’s passing. We did not know at the time but, Simpson party of 4, would be our new...
- Mar 18, 2020
- 2 min
You Alone Are My Heart's Desire
🎼So my soul longs after You You alone are my hearts desire And I long to worship You You alone are my strength, my shield To You alone...
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