01/12/2002
Yesterday was a roller coaster of emotions. Not only do I end up kinda emotional for a bit before and after Dustin’s birthday, but yesterday morning ish (noon maybe) I got a call from Kathy telling me that Melissa was in labor and dilated to 5. Five! I wasn’t even dilated to 5 TEN hours […]
01/11/2002
7 lbs. 12 oz. 21 inches long. I know I say it every year and I’ll probably say it for the rest of my life, but it really is surreal that Dustin is already 8 years old. This birthday is… I lack a word for it… maybe it’s because he’s now 8 and around here, […]
Truths
Miscellaneous truths you may or may not know: I am deathly afraid of grasshoppers. Sorting/putting away socks makes me angry. I love the sound of snow crunching under my feet. I love brussell sprouts. I exaggerate things in my mind a lot. Mostly the possibility of “bad” things happening. I still think about Dustin every […]
My Bartley
Sometimes, for reasons I don’t even really know, I find myself really thinking about how lucky I am to have Bart. I tell him I love him every day, but I don’t know if I ever really tell him how much I appreciate him and what it is that I love about him. I think […]
Two Thousand and Nine
2009 IS OVER, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? Stayed single almost the whole year? No. I haven’t been single in almost 7. Were involved in something you’ll never forget? Yeah. Tripped over a coffee table? Yes, but we moved it so now I don’t have to walk past it at all. Dyed your hair? Got high/low […]
Time And Eternity
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school where children played At wrestling in a ring; We passed […]
On The Wings of A Prayer
I set you free on the wings of a prayer To fly through life in His tender care, You’re free from the nest and the ties that are bound Free from the pressures I carry around. If I kept you I’d only be cutting your wings, Not offering the chance a true family brings. The […]
Legacy Of An Adopted Child
Once there were two women who never knew each other One you do not remember, the other you call Mother Two different lives shaped to make you one One became your guiding star, the other became your sun The first one gave you life, and the second taught you to live it The first gave […]
Kisses In The Wind
I hold you in my heart and touch you in my dreams. You are here each day with me, at least that’s how it seems. I know you wonder where we are… what’s taking us so long. But remember child, I love you so and God will keep you strong. Now go outside and feel […]
Secret Lands
Let’s go back to the old days When we searched for waterfalls We had found the hollow caves Where water rushed in walls Let’s lay, to look at the stars On the ground we wrote our names There’s secret rooms to explore Their doors shown to us like flames The leaves kept us well hidden […]