Anna – Page 3

Permission

For two years the hardest place for me to go in our house is Anna’s closet. It was where she spent a lot of her time – which may sound very strange but it’s almost big enough to be a room on it’s own. It was not only her closet but her office, apartment, BabyContinue reading “Permission”

Happiness Journal ~ Anna’s 9th Birthday!

Memories of a date night with my girl to plan her 7th birthday makes my heart happy today. We had milkshakes on our date to practice for the big day. ❤ Anna’s 9th Birthday ❤ Celebrating my girl on her special day, spending time with her friends and feeling hugs from Heaven also makes me happyContinue reading “Happiness Journal ~ Anna’s 9th Birthday!”

What I want to write…

For most of the day I’ve been sitting; trying to put into words my thoughts and feelings about Anna’s 9th birthday tomorrow ~ trying to honor her in this space with my words. I’m finding it very difficult because I’m sad and just wanting desperately for her to be here as we arrive at anotherContinue reading “What I want to write…”

Sassy

Her teacher approached me first, said he saw her squinting a lot while he read to her class. I made an appointment and we went and had her eyes checked. She didn’t want glasses at first but after finding out that she only needed them while reading she decided it would be ok. She had fun trying on allContinue reading “Sassy”

Brave

I want to write that this week was amazing, beautiful and everything I hoped my first week back at work would be. Unfortunately I can’t write those words because they would not be true. This week was hard, very hard. Last year Tom and I left town at the beginning of the school year to takeContinue reading “Brave”

Four More Sleeps

The count down would have started about a week ago. Anna would start asking how many sleeps till I start work and she gets to go to Tami’s ~ her favorite place in all the land <3. Today I would say four more sleeps; and I would take a deep breath and realize our summer funContinue reading “Four More Sleeps”