Sunday, August 29, 2010

Road to Houston and back

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Cooper, Katie and I are home from a quick weekend trip to Houston. The Webelos from Cooper's Scout pack spent Saturday night at NASA...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Dedication service

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You are welcome to attend the dedication service for Steve's trees (Children also welcome, of course) 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 Hol...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Fourth-grader and kindergartener

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Cooper, first day of fourth grade Katie, first day of kindergarten (I don't know where she gets these poses.) Cooper and Katie
Sunday, August 22, 2010

Emotional week

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It's been an unusually emotional week here. There have been lots of extra grief triggers piled on top of the regular everyday grief trig...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

Things I miss

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For almost a year I've been keeping for myself a running list of things I miss about Steve. I have a fear of forgetting the little detai...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

August

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I've never been a huge fan of August. For the first 36 years of my life, the heat and humidity of Texas were to blame. When I was young,...
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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Steve's trees

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Katie and Cooper before the planting on Thursday (and just after Cooper's mouth was fitted with top and bottom expanders ) Four new tree...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Camp Erin

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Cooper spent last weekend at Texoma Youth Camp as part of Camp Erin , a bereavement camp offered for children ages 6-18 who have experienced...
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Friday, July 30, 2010

Not what we thought

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Today's Briefing column is here and here: Some tales aren't what we thought they'd be Summer nights are perfect for reading cla...
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Three things

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Katie drew this during church services today. From left: Cooper, Tyra, God (in purple, surrounding a green Tyra), Katie, Steve and Jesus ***...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Complicated

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My Briefing column from today is here and here: Coppell saga shows how complicated grief can be The tragic, unbelievable story of Coppell ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Random

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Random things I miss about Steve tonight: 1. I am unable to eat an entire bundle of asparagus before it spoils. Cooper and Katie won't e...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

Fuzzy

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Our church has just finished a great week of vacation Bible school. Cooper and Katie were in classes led by dedicated volunteers, and I took...
Monday, July 12, 2010

Music

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For Father's Day this year I pulled together two CDs of happy Steve music for our drive from Santa Fe to Rainbow Trout Ranch in Colorado...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Dinner conversation

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I had a couple of rougher-than-usual grief days this week. One night Cooper and I were talking, and I told him that I was having a "tou...
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Friday, July 9, 2010

All or nothing

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For years, long before a brain tumor invaded our lives, I called Steve "all or nothing man." He did nothing halfway. When he decid...
Thursday, July 8, 2010

Ranch recap: Random

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Aunt Ami and Tyra near the barn and stables Cardshark Cooper Beautiful Colorado sky Katie and friend Sophia from California on the picnic gr...
Saturday, July 3, 2010

Happy birthday, Cooper D!

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Newborn Cooper and Steve, July 3, 2001
Friday, July 2, 2010

16 years ago today

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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Ranch recap: Horses

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Aspens as seen from atop Hickory My column in today's Briefing I learned to get back in the saddle (when there is one) The kids and I ...