Rachel's Story:

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Walk the Talk

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Tonight Matt & I went to a wake for a friend's son.  He was only 22 years old and got hit by a car while walking.  When I walked in,...
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Blog Changes That Include You

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A couple of weeks back I had tried to switch my blog to the old one, but ran out of time and never went back.  Last night I heard there were...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Does This Hurt?

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At the retreat, My friend Naomi's baby girl found her voice - and she looked right at me and squealed.  I'm not kidding, I felt LOVE...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

She's Known

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After our meeting for Rachel's Race yesterday, Nicole and I went to Dover and hung a bunch of posters...I had to use the time when Matt ...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

My Biggest Strengths are My Biggest Weaknesses

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I've been pondering my post about the retreat I went on last weekend.  I have an idea of what I want to share, but the words haven't...
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

A Complicated Yard Sale

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We had a last minute yard sale today to try to make a little money.  I told Des that whatever she sold, she could keep the money for.  She h...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

I'm a Mama ♥

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10 years ago today, my life changed forever.... I found out I was a mother. I woke up at 23 years old at 6am to a corrections officer ki...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Still Waiting....

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This is what I saw at the Deli yesterday while grocery shopping.... every detail of my day had to line up "just so" in order for ...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Setting a Goal

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I've been posting on facebook forgetting that not everyone here sees that...  So, I've set a goal to have 43 people signed up for ...
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Friday, May 18, 2012

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

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The publisher has been calling here... they told me months ago they would check in in May to see how I was coming along with my book.  I...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Mother's Day Weekend Recap

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Friday when I pulled into the cemetery, there were so many gifts on Rachel's grave, I could see the mass of things from the road.  I was...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

"Perfect"

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I 'interviewed' a new piano teacher for Desirae yesterday.  She came to the house to test her knowledge of music and to meet us.  As...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

6 Months Dead and Alive

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The day before Rachel's 6 month birthday, I went to the greenhouse to buy plants for a garden I was planning to put in at her memorial p...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Getting Back Up

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When I met Matt he was training to box.  I went to his first fight and (felt like I was going to puke the whole time) was thankful that he k...
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Mother's Day Hope

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Thank you for your prayers... God has been answering.  I have a lot I want to write - so much has happened this weekend, but will have to ...
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Thursday, May 10, 2012

Thank You

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I have received dozens of messages, e-mails, and phone calls after my last couple of posts.  I just don't have it in me to respond to th...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

A Letter to My Girl ♥

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Dear Rachel Alice, Today makes 17 months since the day I had to leave you in your casket at the cemetery. The following first few weeks, I...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Whoever Did This....

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Thank you.  I got it in the mail this afternoon.  The timing was perfect, although it did make me cry some more...I've cried all da...
Monday, May 7, 2012

Life Goes On

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I have spent a while now looking on different baby loss support sites - and I'm finding myself more and more disappointed with my realit...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Rachel's Memorial Playground Video

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This weekend makes a year since we built my girl's memorial playground.  We officially opened it last Mother's Day (May 7) which was...
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