Grief – Page 4

Bored

These past couple of weeks I’ve used two words a lot that I used to tell the girls I didn’t want to hear in the summer time. I’m bored. If I heard them say it I always had a quick comeback, “bored, great…let me find you something to do.” That was always followed by an eye roll.Continue reading “Bored”

Home Alone

It’s been a very busy couple of weeks ~ months actually. The Love Rocks Run is behind us, my family has all traveled back to Ohio after a wonderful family vacation in Central Oregon and Tom is back to work. I’m home alone. I like being home and I like being alone, but what I don’t likeContinue reading “Home Alone”

“Special Lemonade”

She was trying to raise some money for our trip to Ohio at the end of the summer. Our plans were to go to the American Girl Doll store in Columbus and she wanted to raise enough money to buy Saige, the doll of the year. She asked if she could have a lemonade stand by herselfContinue reading ““Special Lemonade””

Too Busy to Write…

…but not too busy to post a picture of my girls enjoying summer. Every seasonal transition brings another wave of grief and sadness. Sometimes it’s similar to what I have felt before but sometimes, like this morning, it’s a new feeling of loss that overcomes me. This morning, while shopping, I placed a Love Rock onContinue reading “Too Busy to Write…”

Hope

Yesterday I spent some time hanging posters and passing out info about our upcoming Love Rocks Run. At one point I found myself looking at the poster of the run logo, on it a Love Rock with the fabric heart made up of these words ~ Anna, Abby, Love and Joy. I couldn’t help but be proud ofContinue reading “Hope”

Yesterday

Yesterday I was sitting on the beach, looking out into the vast ocean and daydreaming about Heaven. Do they watch me move through this world? Can they see my heart ache and can they feel the longing I have in my soul to be with them? I often wonder what they see from where they are andContinue reading “Yesterday”