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Dear Mom

November 15, 2010 Friends & Loved Ones

A lot of times when I start thinking about you, my mind gets caught up in the hallways of the hospital in Birmingham, and the helpless, panicked, lost feelings that swamped me there.  I miss you so much.  I wish I could go back to that labrynth of a hospital and run through those endless […]

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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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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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A Blog From Birmingham

October 25, 2009 Life Changing Events

Alright, so as most of you know, I am in Birmingham, AL right now.  And I need to vent!  That’s not really what I had in mind for my blog when I started it…but you know what?  It’s MY blog and I’ll vent if I want to! Yesterday was probably one of the most stressful […]

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