Starting a Scholarshop foundation in Mari’s honor.
To find out more about the foundation I plan to start, please click on the page at the top of the website titled "Scholarship". If you would like to donate to this cause, please click the donate button.
I have included a meter to show the progress we are making towards one full scholarship. To find out more details, please see the "Scholarship" page at the top of the website.
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on December 29th, 2010%
I sit here in our car driving. Today is December 29th. For most people it is just an average day. For some it even brings the special privilege of being their birthday.
This day has always brought about special memories for us. Howeve now it just brings sadness and tears to my eyes.
Today Mari would have turned 11.
I was getting so frustrated with drivers and yelling at them over stupid stuff. Then the tears just started to come down. I had to pull over with the ache that is there in my heart.
I miss you . . . → Click Here To Read More: Driving…
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on November 30th, 2010%
I sit here at home recovering for a simple surgery for the last couple of weeks. I am sitting here playing my favorite game on Facebook and I have the TV on in the background. I finished watching this Christmas movie and they announced The Martha Stewart Show was coming on. Of course I have no interest in her show. However, they were saying this 10 year old prodigy was going to be on her show that was found in the show America’s Got Talent. I had never heard of her before but she is known for her unbelievable soprano . . . → Click Here To Read More: Jackie Evancho
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on October 19th, 2010%
I wanted to give everyone an update. After only being at WalMart for 3 weeks and working the lovely graveyard shift, I was interviewed for a new position and promoted to a Department Manager. I officially started the new position about 3 1/2 weeks ago and love it. It is right up my ally. As my hubby would say, it fits right into how I like being anally organized. It is a lot of fun and I still very exhausted at the end of the day as I have been on my feet for eight hours. The other great thing . . . → Click Here To Read More: An update…
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on October 19th, 2010%
She is just a simple mom who’s world was turned upside down in what seemed like the blink of an eye. Her world already had many obstacles and hardships to overcome. Some people said she was brave. Yet others would said how strong or patient she was. She could not imagine her world getting any harder than it already was.
Yet God had different plans for her life. Plans she never thought possible. Plans that somehow seem cruel and how could God do this to anyone let alone this simple mom.
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on September 8th, 2010%
I sit here at 5:16 in the morning playing a game on Facebook. It is a game I have truly come to love to play. I play it on a daily basis. I introduced it to Keith and he plays it right along with me. It is nice to have something we both love playing together. Since I have started playing the game, I have not written anything. I sometimes feel like I am letting me or others down but it has been nice to just not have to think about things all the time.
A little over 3 weeks . . . → Click Here To Read More: Facebook…
I sit here thinking about Mari. I think I always think about her just sometimes more than others. But right now I am really missing her.
I was talking to my dad a couple of days ago. His cell decided to call me out of the blue. When I answered all you could hear in the background was rustling around. So you knew right then that he did not call and the cell phone had a mind of its own.
So I called him back just in case. He said that he must of accidently pushed the speed dial button . . . → Click Here To Read More: Sitting here thinking…
The only thing tangible left are pictures (and a couple of videos) taken of Mari from the time she was born until the day she died (literally). We have them of her while she was in the hospital when she was first born and we have them of her in the hospital when she was dying. It’s almost like it represents the cycle of life everyone goes through. We all are born and we all must die someday when our time is up on this earth. But with Mari, her time just seemed so short.
It seems like that today . . . → Click Here To Read More: Tangible Things
You might be asking, “But why does July suck?” I mean, after all, July has so many good things about it right? Like the 4th of July and celebrating our nation’s birthday. The fireworks you can either do together with family, friends and acquaintances or to go see one of those big fireworks shows that the cities or military installations put on for us. It’s summertime. It’s warm. People are going on vacations. Everyone seems to be having fun (or at least trying to ;;) ). There are places to go and people to see. And to be . . . → Click Here To Read More: July Sucks!
Today is the start of a new day. It’s a day I have not had to do in many years (eight, almost nine, years to be precise). It’s a day I have not been ready for before now. In the past it would have been a day I dreaded but now I am really looking forward to it. It’s a day where I take the first step, of what I am sure are going to be many, in getting a job on post (Fort Knox).
Before Mari died, as most of you know by now I was a stay at . . . → Click Here To Read More: The Start of a New Day
It’s always interesting to meet someone new. You don’t know what type of person s/he is. You don’t know what to expect from him/her. You don’t know how s/he will react to different situations. In a way, getting to know this new person is like solving a mystery. Will you like this person? Do you have the same ideals? Do you have the same beliefs? And the list just goes on and on. Ultimately, curiosity kills the cat and we must find out more about this person. Do you want to get to know this person more? Do you want . . . → Click Here To Read More: Meeting Someone New
I always like to add a Guestbook to any site I make and this site is no exception. In particularly this site as I love to meet those individuals who have stopped by and taken the time to let me know.
If you have previously signed our Guestbook, I have manually entered every entry into the new one. The date shows as of today’s date and there is no way to adjust them but they are in order of when they were posted.
I am asking everyone to please take the time to sign our Guestbook. I know most people . . . → Click Here To Read More: Revamped our Guestbook
I love it when I can personalize my information. I have added a new feature that I hope all of my followers will enjoy. If you have already created a user account for our site, then you know you did not have the option of adding a profile picture. Personally, I hate the generic pictures that site like to put beside my name and I like to personalize it to make it more like me. In this case, that would be a picture of me so that you, my followers, actually know what I look like.
Sylvia, I want you to know how much of a dear friend you have become to me. I mean, don’t get me wrong, you were such a help to Keith and I when we were still living in DeKalb. Every Sunday morning you enabled us to be able to attend church service while you were taking care of our beloved angel during children’s church. You enabled her to participate and be around other kids her own age. You have such a gift and you were a God send as you have the speech background that could ultimately help in ways . . . → Click Here To Read More: Julie and Sylvia
All I can say is, “Boy what a night last night.” Keith and I typically go to bed, what might seem for most people, rather late. It seems like if we are starting to get ready for bed by 11 o’clock or midnight that it is an early night for us. We both are such night owls as we usually are going to bed around 1 or 2 in the morning and sometimes even later.
For those of you who know me personally already have read the story of what happened to our beloved baby girl. Many of you have never had the opportunity to read what happened to her and how she passed away. I have now put her story under the page heading above: “Her Hospital Story.”
This story was written while she was in the hospital. The only day that was not written when she was alive is the last day.
The picture to the side is of one of the very last pictures taken of her about a week before . . . → Click Here To Read More: New Pages Added: Her Hospital Story
The following links are for March's Blog Chain associated with ChristianWriters.com. Please take a look at my fellow friends/writer's website on their designated date. The theme for May is "Nurture". I hope you enjoy.
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July Sucks!
You might be asking, “But why does July suck?” I mean, after all, July has so many good things about it right? Like the 4th of July and celebrating our nation’s birthday. The fireworks you can either do together with family, friends and acquaintances or to go see one of those big fireworks shows that the cities or military installations put on for us. It’s summertime. It’s warm. People are going on vacations. Everyone seems to be having fun (or at least trying to ;;) ). There are places to go and people to see. And to be . . . → Click Here To Read More: July Sucks!