Five Beautiful Blessings Between Heaven & Earth

Tonight Dusty was downstairs, the children were in bed sleeping (or at least they were supposed to be!) and I was sitting on my bed writing in my Journal. And of course the tears were flowing. They always do when I write in my Journal. I was so lost in my own thoughts and feelings I almost didn't hear it the first time. From the darkness in Aaron room it came again. "Mommy?" sniff sniff "Yes Aaron?" "Mommy can I get you the tissues?" Silence. More tears. "No Aaron I think I'm OK' but thank you sweetie." "Are you sure Mommy? Cuz it sounds like you might needs some tissues." "No Aaron I'm OK but thank you for taking such good care of Mommy. Now go to sleep please it's late." " Ok Mommy" I have said it so many times since we lost Baby Colette and I'm saying it again. How grateful I am for my Aaron and my Bridgett. How I could have made it through this trial with out them to love, an...

A few weeks ago I started to feel like I wanted/needed to write a story for my Aaron and Bridgett so that they could remember their Sister Colette. While it is a simple story, it took me several days of working on it to write. I knew it needed to be the right mixture of sadness and happiness and finding that balance was a challenge for me. I didn't want there to be to many details but I did want them to be able to look back and see what happened. Now I just need to find someone who can draw! I want to turn it into a hard back book for them. But sadly I lack the ability to make the pages come to life with illustrations. Once Upon A Time... By Julia S. Chadwick Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, but not as far as you would think, lived a Royal Family. In this Royal Family there was a King, a Queen, a handsome young Prince and a beautiful little Princess. All was well with the Royal Family. Then, one day, the King and the Queen began to feel their family was missin...

Today I saw a quote. It said "Life is not waiting for the storm to pass it's about learning to dance in the rain." And it's true. It feels like the challenge of learning to go on after loosing Colette is a huge storm that may never pass. At least not completely. So for now, our whole family is attempting to learn to dance in the rain and through the tears.