Posts Tagged ‘love’

There was a moment, sitting in the uncomfortable pews of the historical church where we gathered to celebrate Maddie’s short life, that I thought to myself “I hope that if it’s ever Peyton, we’ll be able to say the same things Heather and Mike are saying”.
I protect myself from funerals in a very bizarre way.  [...]

Dear Nathaniel and Rachael,
Although many, if not most, of the things I’m going to talk about here were far beyond our control, our ability to do differently and no one’s fault, I feel the need to address them.
I’m sorry your sister got cancer.  I’m sorry for what this meant for the past years of your [...]

There was a meme going around called “10 things motherhood gave me”. I have tons of opinions on that: stretch marks, saggy boobs, under-eye bags, my first experience of having someone poop down my shirt, all the best parts.
But the more I thought about it, I decided that I was better writing “10 things [...]

I really like my Tom Tom GPS that I got when we bought the new van.  I’m terrible with directions, Mapquest had a serious vendetta against me and I can’t tell you how hard a time I have driving down the highway, with my paper in hand trying to keep one eye on the road [...]

It’s an ugly disease. It doesn’t pick and chose it’s victims wisely because it has affected too many people who are loved, cherished, needed and missed. Maybe it seems wrong to think that just because you’re a good person you deserve better than to die slowly from a painful disease, but I do. In truth, [...]