Friday, May 31, 2013

Most difficult time of the year

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For the most part, I've learned to weather big seasonal events without Steve pretty well. Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, m...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Blooming

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Today I felt particularly overwhelmed by life. Not any one thing, just the accumulation of everything.  Part of that "everythi...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Head for the Cure: May 11

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What are you doing in the morning, Saturday, May 11? If you're in North Texas, I hope you'll join us for Head for the Cure 5K! Y...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

41

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This week I turned 41. Though 40 is a big milestone, and friends last year made my whole birthday week an extravagant celebration, 41 is eve...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Boots to fill?

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In June 2006, when the only blog I kept was our family blog, the one Steve would later name "our happy blog," I posted a photo of ...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Heaven on earth

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March 31, 2013 When Betty took this photo Easter Sunday morning, Uncle Jim gently corrected her for taking the photo with so much light ...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Chance meeting

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A young man was in line in front of me this morning. He was talking to the cashier about his next round of chemotherapy. I noticed his bal...
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Friday, March 8, 2013

Love stays strong

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From today's Briefing : A month after Steve died, our children and I escaped town for Legoland in Southern California. As we were ...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Lucky

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"Even thow my dad dide he is the best! I love love!! you dad!" Second-grade work by Katie
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Gentleman

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There are moments every day that I miss Steve. I don't usually speak them aloud or post them on social media. They don't consume me ...
Sunday, February 3, 2013

Dance

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On Saturday, Uncle Greg escorted Katie to the Daddy Daughter Dance. (She has specific criteria for her dance "dates" -- they mus...
Sunday, January 27, 2013

'First Look of Life'

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I've been looking for a Baby Katie photo for a second-grade project. While perusing old photos, I noticed how many of our Steve-and-Kati...
Monday, January 14, 2013

Moments to share

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There are little moments all the time that I wish I could share with Steve.  Moments like last Wednesday, when the school nurse called to...
Friday, January 4, 2013

Biography

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Cooper wrote a short biography over Christmas break for a school assignment. I'm sharing it here with his permission ... I was bo...
Thursday, January 3, 2013

Bring Him Home

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Last night Liz and I saw Les Miserables together. (She'd already seen it once and was ready to see it again.) It's a lovely, grit...
Friday, December 28, 2012

This and that

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Uncle Jim, Cooper, Jim and Katie on Christmas Eve: That Cooper smirk is so much a Steve smirk. *** A couple of Saturdays ago the kids ...
Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Magical moment

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Cooper, Katie, Jim, Betty, Uncle Jim and I sat down for Christmas lunch. Cooper had the honor of lighting the Steve candle. And then, i...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Lessons and Carols

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This morning our church celebrated the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, a lovely service that tells the story of Jesus' birth throug...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

MRI day

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Five years ago tonight, Steve and I were at Baylor Frisco, huddled in a dark room, staring at an image of his brain. It was our first gli...
Monday, November 26, 2012

Thanksgiving

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Steve and Tyra, Thanksgiving 2007 Five years ago, Steve was driving me, Cooper, 6, and Katie, 2, home from our annual Thanksgiving visit...