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Brad “Gyro” Funk

North Shore

I can not see the ocean without thinking of Brad.  He proposed to me on the beach. We got married and moved a few days later to our home in Florida. Not right on the beach, but close enough that when I needed to see the ocean I wasn’t further than about 15 miles away. …

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Kindergarten

I’m missing you extra today. Sophie starts kindergarten tomorrow and whenever I think about it I want to cry.   It’s a combination of many things – I’m a little in denial that she is old enough to go. When I had little babies at home it was easier to deal with the fact that …

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Not Really Alone

not really alone “I miss you extra today.” she said as she walked through the sand and allowed the tears to fall. The  ocean was their place & she had loved being there with him. Here he had asked her to be his forever. They had lived & played & laughed  & carved their names in the sand.   It was hard to breathe without him today.   She talked to him as she walked & told him how …

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Be Brave

Beginning 2.0… I have started a blog entitled One Widow’s Might. An explanation of this title is my first entry titled Beginning.  For about one year, I have been writing about my current circumstances—being the widow of my sweet, wonderful, heroic husband Brad.  Writing on this blog is therapeutic to me and provides a record …

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Market

Tonight I am tired. The craft market was yesterday. We baked for about 20 hours straight, finishing around 6 am, just in time to jump up at 8 and head over to sell our little cupcakes all day. I am still recovering. Every time we do a market, I miss my sweet husband extra.   …

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Gift

It was your birthday on Saturday. It is always bittersweet, But we had a good day. We celebrated and tried to make it about you. The girls loved it.  They scribbled on balloons and blew out candles.  We watched home movies and Ty even loved that part.  Your last birthday that we spent together was …

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Birthdays

Birthdays It’s been a while. I’m going to attempt to do this more often. I read through this blog for the first time in 6 months a few days ago and I realized that it is so good for me to write – because I can go back and read it when I’m having a …

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day I miss my old memorial day. I miss when it was about a day off to spend all together. A day to go to the beach or BBQ. We did always talk about WHY this day was important; but it was always such a happy day spent with family.   I miss spending memorial …

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Tri Tri Tri

The St. George Triathlon was this past weekend.  We had a much smaller group this year, but it was still an amazing thing to be part of.   Brad was training for this in 2008. And he was having a blast doing it. He  would be so excited after a good workout and when he …

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