Monday, November 3, 2025
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The Journey

Thoughts, feelings and experiences since losing my precious angel.

My Journey Back Home

I've come home. Apart from a very few brief hellos, I've been generally absent from writing this blog for nearly a year. I feel like...

Two Months

Two months ago tonight you became my angel. But then, you were always my angel. . . Tanner, my precious baby, I love you. I so desperately miss you...
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Singing for His Dead Brother

Dealing with my own loss feels nearly impossible most days. But dealing with my son's loss? I don't know how to begin. My son found this...

Five Months

No, my baby... I haven't forgotten. I didn't lose track. I didn't hide from the memory. Five months, today. It feels like yesterday that I held your...

Come Home Now!

I'm not the woman I thought I was. For most of my life there wasn't anything you could throw at me that I couldn't handle. It's...

Guardian Needed

Tanner-Man, there was never a Power Ranger tougher than you. You fought valiantly to the very end. Now, please watch out for your little brother....

God Said “No”

I asked, and God said no. Today I spent the morning with my baby. I kissed his sweet face about a million times, I held his...

Revisiting “The Lasts”

Please pray. We are on our way to Havasu and it's probably the most difficult thing I've done since preparing for Tanner's Celebration of Life. I'm...

I Gotcha

Today is supposed to be a celebration. Eleven years ago today, on Cinco de Mayo, Travis joined our family as a three-year-old. It's his "Gotcha...

Time to Be Kind

'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again... Today I finally decided it was time for a Facebook break. I need...