Rachel's Story:

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Places: The End of the Dock

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Time has really gotten away from me.... There are still a couple more places I wanted to share from our vacation in September. As you ca...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Rachel's Puzzle Update

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Rachel's Birthday Puzzle is on it's way.... My type A personality just loves that it's symmetrical :o)  And my mama's he...
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Underground Aging

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It's not often I cry at Rachel's grave anymore... I more or less just make sure everything is pretty and then leave.  Today on the w...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Battle Scar

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I've been having a hard time lately with the idea of waiting on healing... Or should I say the idea that everyone else is waiting on m...
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Sunday, October 21, 2012

43 Day Countdown

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There are 43 days left until Rachel's birthday....not that I'm counting or anything.... I'm sure many of you remember (and wer...
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Friday, October 19, 2012

Her Daisy Dress

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The other day I was holding Rachel's little dress, trying to remember what she looked like in it.  Most of the photos I have don't s...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Celebrating Life

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Two years ago today, we had a celebration of life for Rachel.  I put together an invite telling everyone how I knew they might be surprised ...
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Help Please?

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I just spent another afternoon working on.... yep, race stuff.  (your tax receipts are on their way!!) This is so time consuming.  I've ...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

Places: On The Map

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It took 4 years of coming to the same place on vacation to notice a couple of major 'Rachel' signs. The road we take to get to the...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

Set Your Alarm Clocks! Please Pray With Us!!!

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Our friend Billy has been fighting a most humble and brave fight against pancreatic cancer for quite a while now.  He has done this with a b...
Monday, October 8, 2012

A Couple of Tunes :o)

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This morning at the Y, my little man took his first few steps!  I actually got paid while watching my baby learn how to walk (and teaching ...
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Sunday, October 7, 2012

Hard-Won Dirt

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I woke up feeling hung over from all my crying last night, but felt okay.  I made it though most of worship before the last song took every ...
Saturday, October 6, 2012

Memory Fails

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Tonight has been hard. I realized I don't think we got a print out of Rachel's heartbeat from before she was born and began look...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

There's Always Hope.

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On Monday, my friend Mel came into the YMCA while I was working, her little girl carrying a single daisy for me.  If that wasn't a sweet...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

My 1st 5K

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I went to the gym tonight to run away my broken heart... I decided to cover up the screen and see how far I went if I was just going based...

"Just Because"

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My friend Lisa just posted this on my facebook page tonight.  Seems like something I could have written myself.  This is all so familar... T...
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A Long Day

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A long day. I'm wiped out... physically, mentally, emotionally. How can the number on the calendar make such a difference?  Or maybe...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Places: By the Fire

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The quaint living room at the camp held some very special memories this year.  Late night conversations, cribbage, warm fires and s'more...
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Monday, October 1, 2012

Slow and Steady

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Remember back in January when I had started the 'Couch to 5K' plan in an attempt to run in Rachel's race this year? On day 5, ...
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Friday, September 28, 2012

My Pursuit of Normality

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It's been a hard couple of weeks. On top of a couple of very complicated emotional things going on, I've started work, started a n...