Category: Nitty Gritty Dirty Grief
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Milk
The milk was curdled today. Hubby poured it onto his cereal and it landed with a plop into his bowl. Yuck The expiration date was 7/31/10…. It shouldn’t have been curdled, it should have lasted another seven days after the expiration date. He told me he thought it was Jack and Samantha…plopping the nasty, stinky…
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Full Heart
Since Samantha’s diagnosis, I have dreaded the thought of last week. I knew this day would come. I was pretty sure I would out-live my daughter given her bleak prognosis and I was terrified as to how I would react. Would I be able to get out of bed? Would I be able to brush…
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Samantha’s Obituary
Here is Samantha’s Obituary. It was printed in the Loveland Reporter Herald yesterday. Her daddy wrote it. SCHICHTEL, Samantha, 4, daughter of Bart and Heather Schichtel. Memorial Service 11 a.m. Saturday, July 31, at Faith Evangelical Church. Publish date: 7/27/2010 SamanthaSCHICHTEL , 4, of Loveland, passed away July 25, 2010. Samantha was born July 18,…
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Final (hopefully) Memorial Information
Hi All: The service will be at Faith Evangelical Church at 11:00 on Saturday, July 31st. The church is at 2707 N. Wilson in Loveland. A picnic lunch will follow at Fairgrounds Park in Loveland, 700 S. Railroad Ave. Maps will be provided at the service. All events are welcome to kids. The park has…
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Beyond the door, there’s peace I’m sure….
Our home health agency picked up Samantha’s supplies today. – 30 tanks of oxygen – two feeding pumps – one oxygen concentrator – one IV pump – one suction machine – one pulse oyx machine This is what we rented from the health agency. We still have boxes and boxes of medical supplies that we…
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