Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
Over the past few months we have ordered some books about grieving and other topics that feel relevant. One of them is called "Comfort" by Ann Hood (Amazon). It's a short book, just a few hours to read from beginning to end. She lost her 5-yr-old daughter Grace after an ...
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Three months. I hate to always be thinking of how long it's been since Kevin died and calculating the weeks and months, but the truth is that it's always on my mind. Every Friday morning I know that another week has gone by, and when I see 8:00 on the ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
I love this picture of Kevin. I look at it often and it is my desktop background at work. I like that it's just a plain every-day picture without a funny face or a nice outfit. Just Kevin, as he is in my memories. What a cute little boy.
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
It's now been eight weeks since Kevin passed away. In some ways it feels like time has gone by so fast and it feels like yesterday, and in some ways it feels like it has been agonizingly long. As time goes by it changes from days to weeks, soon it ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
(Dawn) The past few weeks have been increasingly difficult for me. I think Matt posted earlier that the reality is setting in that Kevin is really gone. The ache I feel is enormous - it is like my arms physically hurt from longing to hold him. This past week we ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
(Matt) In the time since I wrote my eulogy for Kevin's funeral, I've had many thoughts of things I should have said and stories I could have told. Although many people knew him well and no amount of words could really capture who he was, I still have this desire ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
It's been a little over two weeks since we lost Kevin, and we are still trying to adjust to our changed life. We miss him terribly every day. Our house is too quiet and our life is too calm without his voice, his laugh, his cries for "cup!", diaper changes, ...
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