Simple and Special. I have so very much to be grateful for.
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy Thanksgiving.
~K
It was February 26, 2004. I called my dear friend to share the news. We’d met the day before and as she left, we hugged and I promised I’d call her as soon as I knew. She was at the top of my list, people to call as soon as we knew the sex of my baby.
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No answer. Again and again. No answer.
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Over the next few hours I called until finally a strange voice answered her phone. Answered and told me she was gone. She’d passed away that night. 30 years old. Healthy. My sweet friend. Shocking. Incomprehensible.
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She still sits in a moment in time, smiling in my wallet. My Joy. I close my eyes and hear her laugh and smile.
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Almost 6 years ago since that day. I kept in touch with her family for some time. Her mom and I wrote letters back and forth, holiday cards and notes. I think it may have helped us both.
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I often wonder how her parents move forward each day. Her mom and I no longer exchange regular letters, but we keep in touch via facebook. I opened my computer to see she’d updated her ‘status’ on Thanksgiving.
This woman, who lost her baby girl on the same day I knew I was having a baby girl somehow shares with her world…
"Life isn't about how you survived the storm, it's about how you danced in the rain."
Amazing. Keep dancing….she would be so proud. You are an inspiration.
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Thoughts for today… because most of our days are really easy to dance through.
~K
Talking to a dear friend, she commented on my blog. We talked about how my 365 days were almost over and what changes I’ve seen doing this project and how I felt about continuing or otherwise.
She then said to me, “I’ve read every day, you know.”
I thanked her and she went on to say, “I promised myself from the beginning that if you were going to take the time to write each day for 365 days then I was going to take the time to be sure I read each day for 365 days.”
I was blown away. And so appreciative. For this boost she gave to me, for this project, for having the love of writing and for having friends like this that have such faith in me and a genuine interest in what craziness comes out of my mixed up mind each day.
~K
I saw an advertisement for this beach area where this picture was taken. The quotation describing the area was,
“Fifty Shades of Blue!”
While I may be biased… I think this picture of my beautiful beach babies basking in the blue waters… could fit their advertisement just perfectly.
Bliss.
~K
My beautiful beach boy! Look at that smile! He is perfect and sweet, kind and curious, gorgeous and smart, thoughtful and genuine.
I look at this child and am always so grateful. With each of his beautiful smiles and sparkling chocolate eyes, I am forever in love.
~K
She is full of pure joy…and provides me with just as much.
May she always carry herself so happily and always retain this joy in her heart and in her spirit.
How fortunate I am to have this bundle of joy in my life. I am in awe of her light and am forever in amazement and astonishment that she is ours.
~K
