Remembrance

The Keepers

July 8, 2010 Friends & Loved Ones

I started this post back in March, but couldn’t bring myself to finish it.  But I think I can now. Maybe this is the normal progression of grief, and maybe things are more amplified for me because I am pregnant and hormonal, maybe it’s my impending birthday.  Maybe I just miss my Mom, and don’t […]

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That Peaceful, Easy Feeling

March 5, 2010 Friends & Loved Ones

Inner peace hasn’t come easily to me lately.  I blame it mostly on these crazy pregnancy hormones.  But there is so much to stress about right now, that I’m having trouble seeing the forest for the trees. At first I was pretty torn up over the idea of Dad selling the house that I grew […]

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Not Forgotten.

February 26, 2010 Friends & Loved Ones

Most of the time Mom’s death and all of my feelings that go with it are compressed into a hard little rock of a fact that I keep pushed to the side of my mind and my heart. But during the quiet times throughout the day, and especially at night, that little rock becomes something […]

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Mom’s Yule Log Cake

December 15, 2009 Baked Goodness

I did some baking for my church’s Christmas banquet last weekend, so let me share! The Yule Log recipe is from my Mom…she made this cake every year for as long as I can remember.  She always made one for her dressage club Christmas party, and if we were lucky, we could talk her into […]

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Adjusting

December 9, 2009 Life Changing Events

In case you hadn’t heard, my Mom passed away on November 15.  I’ve been trying to wrap my head and my heart around that hard FACT ever since. This is the first time I have ever really had to deal with death.  I have been fortunate enough to never lose anybody close to me until […]

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