May 2011

Daddy’s Little Girl

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Today is Sarah’s birthday. And yes, as the title says, she’s daddy’s little girl. My little princess. Always has been, always will be. She was born the day after our first wedding anniversary. In fact, we spent our first anniversary at the hospital. Debbie’s water broke early that morning, so we spent the entire day [...]

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Anniversaries and Such

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Today Debbie and I have been married 28 years. I’ve now been married for half my life. No question, the married half has been better than the single half. I remember standing up there at the front of church, waiting for Debbie to make the trip down the aisle. I didn’t think it would be [...]

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Two Years

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It’s now May 23rd… two years from the day Richard died. Yeah, I know the “official” date is the 28th of May. But that wasn’t when he died, it’s when they found him in his apartment. In my heart I know he died on this day. We were at the farm that day. I remember [...]

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Grief Gut

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Let’s get one thing clear right at the start… that isn’t a picture 0f me. Most of the images used on this site came from my camera. But not that one. I bought that one. And I’ve never eaten more than half a pie at one time. Oh, and another thing. Debbie tells me she’s [...]

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Richards Tree

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We’ve seen a lot of ideas for creating memorials since we began this journey of dealing with Richards death. We’ve received many as gifts from people that cared about Richard and us. We get reminded of one every time we go to our church.  Last year a dogwood tree was planted on the church campus [...]

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