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 February 24th, 2010%
Have you ever wondered if something really existed or was it just in your mind? Something that seemed to be so real but then one day you wake up and it’s like it never was. That’s how I kind of feel sometimes.
My new computer has Windows 7 and one of the new features with this operating system is how you can set up your computer’s desktop. I decided to have mine kind of like a slideshow. A new picture gets displayed every 10 minutes. All of the ones I have chosen are of Mari.
Well, one of the ones . . . → Click Here To Read More: That Empty Spot
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on February 21st, 2010%
Today I sit here thinking about how life can turn out so differently than you could have expected.
Keith and I went to church this morning like we have started to do on a more regular basis since the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We decided to just try Sunday School since I have not been able to handle going to church service at that point. That very first Sunday going to our brand new class I broke down and told everyone about Mari. It is the Sunday before Thanksgiving so you can imagine what the topic is about: What is everyone . . . → Click Here To Read More: Talking from the heart…
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on February 18th, 2010%
I sit here wondering what life has in store for me in the days, months, and years to come. Just two years ago at this same time, I knew Keith, my husband, and I had a life of taking care of a severely autistic child that within the next few years would more than likely have to be put into some kind of home for her own safety. She was getting harder and harder to take care of and she kept escaping out of our house. We knew we did not want to do this but we knew that the . . . → Click Here To Read More: The days, months, and years to come
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on February 16th, 2010%
What happens after 16 years of marriage? Is it still wedded bliss or is it a nightmare you cannot wait to get out of. Well if you are lucky, it will be as close to wedded bliss as the two of you can be. What I mean by wedded bliss is not that when you first start going out and everything feels so fresh and new and you just feel so owey goowey with each other or even that first year of marriage where you can tell the couple is newlyweds. I am talking about how after 16 years of . . . → Click Here To Read More: To Feel Lucky…
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on February 13th, 2010%
It has been interesting how this past week has gone for me. I started to get really sick towards the end of the Super Bowl on Sunday. The rest of the week I guess can be best explained as feeling just BLAH. I feel like I am finally on the mend.
During this time I have implanted myself up on my couch all week. Then I decided to move all of Mari’s website to a new provider. My hope is that I will be able to get better exposure to get Mari’s memory out there better. I want her to . . . → Click Here To Read More: 16 Years of Wedded Bliss, Could Anyone Ask For Anything More
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on January 31st, 2010%
I wanted to share this with everyone. It was given to me while my husband and I were taking Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University at our church over 2 years ago. I just recently found my copy of it and wanted to share it with all of you.
From Moody Monthly/September 1985 That hideous doctrine of hell is fading. How often have you thought of it in the past month, for instance? Does it make a difference in your concern for others, in your witness? Is it a constant and proper burden?
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on January 11th, 2010%
If anyone can support this cause, it would mean the world to me. To find out why, please read what I have typed in below and my reasonings after:
“At the heart of it all, what matters most is:Who has touched our lives and Whose lives we’ve touched.
“Touching Souls Photography, supporting parents whose babies or children die, relies entirely on donations and gifts from individuals and organizations. Donated dolars are used to support direct expenses for the photographs made for . . . → Click Here To Read More: Touching Souls Bereavement Photography
I wanted to share with everyone what I have been working on. I think most of you already know that I have decided to write a book about Mari’s life and for those of you who don’t now you do.
I have the first 2 chapters complete so far and now I have the 13th chapter complete. The 13th chapter in her book is going to be her hospital stay. What I have done is taken what I wrote in her carepages while she was in the hospital and edited it. I now wanted to share the edited . . . → Click Here To Read More: Mari's Hospital Story
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on December 30th, 2009%
Angels are from heaven, We already know. But where are they at, Only God knows.
Sometimes they hide And do miracles so great, But sometimes their Right there in plain sight.
How can we tell An angel is beside us? Look for the goodness And innocence all around.
It may surprise you to find out that each one of us has our own, One that is there guiding And protecting us all day long.
No it is no one you would suspect Or even think of; However, to know they are all around Can give us all a . . . → Click Here To Read More: Did you know that Angels are among us?
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on December 22nd, 2009%
It is a beautiful day by anyone’s account. The date is July 22, 2008. The sky is crystal clear and Caribbean blue. It is around 80 degrees and only getting hotter by the hour. A typical summer day in Chicago. The day has one vital flaw: It is the day I will bury my one and only child.
Her name is Mariana (Mar-ē-awe-na). She was 8½ years old when she left this earth on July 16th. I guess if you are getting ready to permanently say good-bye to the one person who has completely occupied . . . → Click Here To Read More: HER FINAL DAY
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on December 17th, 2009%
T’is the season of joy, happiness & love, or at least that is how it used to be.Love, Mommy
Last year, what would have been our first Christmas without Mari, we got to escape and go to Hawaii. I did not have to deal with the glaring reality of Mari not being here.
Now this year has come. It is technically our 2nd Christmas season. But the reality is so different. This is like it is our first one without her instead.
It feels like ever since Thanksgiving Day I have been just getting by. Almost . . . → Click Here To Read More: Contemplating Christmas
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on December 17th, 2009%
I sit here thinking of the one not here, the one not far from my mind but ever present.
The one has a mind like no one can fathom, a mind all one’s own with no care in the world.
The mind can do wondrous things, to help us to cope or simply get by.
However, the mind of the one is all unique and blessed, the one knows no wrong or gets scared of the rest.
The one’s fears are only in the head of the one’s dreams, for this person may have seemed to be unreal to those . . . → Click Here To Read More: The One
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on December 16th, 2009%
You know, I can sit here all month long and seem to be just fine. Then the 15th comes and something just seems to be just plain flat off. I can’t seem to put my finger on it but it is just off. Then at some point during the day (or night) I realize the next day is the 16th.
Yesterday that happened to me again. The last 2 or 3 months I have been doing that. I cannot seem to figure out why I can’t focus and then I realize the 16th was the next . . . → Click Here To Read More: Bad Days They Come and Go
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on November 26th, 2009%
Thanksgiving is a day where families and loved ones come together to spend time with one another. It’s a day I do not look forward to.
I used to love this time of year. When anyone first arrives, everyone wishes them a Happy Thanksgiving. Most are genuine while some it’s just what you are supposed to say this day. Like last year, I will nod my head in acknowledgement but I won’t say it back. I feel that saying “it” would be ungenuine on my part and why say something you really don’t mean. Please don’t get me wrong. I . . . → Click Here To Read More: Thanksgiving
By Mommy's Angel In Heaven, on November 25th, 2009%
T’was the night before our lives changed, forever in our house,No one could have known, not even a mouse.For our hopes hung in the balance with all human care,In the hopes that our prayers would be answered right there.
The people who loved her went off to their beds,While they laid there and slept or prayed in their heads.And daddy had his hope, and mommy had her fears,Because the next morning might bring about our tears.
We arose the next morning to hear so much clatter,As we were not sure what was the matter.We flew to her side in such . . . → Click Here To Read More: T'was the Night Before Our Lives Changed
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