4am on Tuesday morning Boden and I hit the road. Our appointment was scheduled for 6 hours later in Salt Lake. I don't think I slept the night before -- I was worried I'd miss my alarm and I was excruciatingly nervous about the outcome of the appointment with Dr. Butterfield that we had waited… Continue reading Boden Update — SLC Primary Children’s Trip 1
Month: August 2015
7 Ways to Help Your Kiddo Cope with Grief (& helps for big people, too)
When Mark died, Ben was only 8 years old. They were best friends and buddies, and he was Mark's little shadow. And, he didn't cry. We were worried. I sought advice from a counselor, researched a little on the internet, and then followed my mom instincts. "If I had been sleeping on the couch, I… Continue reading 7 Ways to Help Your Kiddo Cope with Grief (& helps for big people, too)
Saying Goodbye
Last Monday, after several days on a ventilator, I said goodbye to my Dad and watched him slip peacefully in to the eternities. It's been hard...and surreal...and exhausting...and heartbreaking...and tender. We are grateful for our faith and knowledge we have of eternal life and while we are devastated that we lost him here in this… Continue reading Saying Goodbye
The Why’s
We hear it all the time and sometimes it’s just written all over somebody’s face, “I don’t know how they do it”, when they see our large family. What’s typically not said, but generally in their undertone is this sense that we’ve got to be crazy. (And I don’t know that I would dispute that… Continue reading The Why’s
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