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. …
I told Sophie the other day that her dance class was having a daddy daughter party. I told her I could go with her, or Grandpa would love to go. That she had lots of people who loved her and many people who would love to go. “So who do you think you want to …
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 …
I read this in some little quote book (my favorite kind of book) Our best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing. Now, I’m not sure that I’m really doing any official “work”; but since Brad’s death it seems like I go back and forth between those two extremes. Sometimes many times a …
I Just got home from the St. George Triathlon. I am tired, so this will be short – but I just have to say that we have the greatest family ever. This is our third year doing the Tri in honor of Brad. The first year I was scared to death – I had …
Mother’s day is another one of those holidays that I loved so much when Brad was here – but is difficult now without him. My first Mother’s day without him was the day after his funeral. That was a bad one. The other’s have been…o.k. I struggled with it this year and tried to …