Month: November 2011
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Free Range Tom
I like Thanksgiving I like any holiday that involves food and gratitude. Hello Thanksgiving. I am hosting this year and tonight I found myself at the grocery store among the Butterballs, the Jennie-O’s and the Pilgrim’s Pride Turkeys. The advertisement on the outside wrapper said they have all been injected with buttery sauce to make…
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Mexicoma
I fell off the face of the earth again. This time more physically than mentally. Hubby and I took a week in Mexico; our second big trip since we lost Samantha. This trip felt much more relaxed- not necessarily something that we had to do in order to move on without her but time that…
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Dragon Mom
I am cheating today. I am posting words that are not mine. But Emily Rapp, in her ultimate wisdom, has posted what we all think and continue to think even after we have lost our child. This journey is and continues to be, the ultimate, tragic, love story. Notes from a Dragon Mom: Emily Rapp…
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BOO!
Happy Halloween! I’m not a huge Halloween fan. The pressure of a costume, nasty, nasty candy corn, the color orange….eh, I can take it or leave it. I DO miss dressing up Samantha in some crazy adorable outfit; maybe that’s the crux of it….darn you Halloween and your cute bunny rabbit costumes. Every year my…
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