Sunday, August 25, 2013

Mrs. Damm

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The quick version of the story: On Wednesday I was offered a teaching position at Katie's school. I accepted. Starting tomorrow, I will ...
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Calendar

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This dry-erase board has been hanging out on our refrigerator for many years. If you look closely, you'll see that the last month w...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Journey

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Every few weeks, a friend calls or emails and tells me that someone they know has been diagnosed with cancer or a brain tumor. Or someone th...
Monday, July 1, 2013

19 years

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There's no rulebook on how to handle wedding anniversaries when you're a widow. So each year is different. Sometimes I go to dinne...
Sunday, June 16, 2013

Dear Cooper & Katie ...

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Cooper runs after Steve, who is holding Katie, on the coast in Gloucester, Mass., in May 2006. Dear Cooper & Katie, Today is Fath...
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Fragile

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In the past week, three people close to me have lost someone to cancer. Breast cancer. Pancreatic cancer. Brain cancer. A friend has jus...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Hero Angie

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The list of family members, friends, loved ones, acquaintances and strangers who have been integral to the ongoing journey of this Damm fami...
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...