I sit here thinking about Mari. I think I always think about her just sometimes more than others. But right now I am really missing her. I was talking to my dad a couple of days ago. His cell decided to call me out of the blue. When I answered all you could hear in the background was rustling around. So you knew right then that he did not call and the cell phone had a mind of its own. So I called him back just in case. He said that he must of accidently pushed the speed dial button … [Read more...]
Tangible Things
The only thing tangible left are pictures (and a couple of videos) taken of Mari from the time she was born until the day she died (literally). We have them of her while she was in the hospital when she was first born and we have them of her in the hospital when she was dying. It’s almost like it represents the cycle of life everyone goes through. We all are born and we all must die someday when our time is up on this earth. But with Mari, her time just seemed so short. It seems like that … [Read more...]
July Sucks!
You might be asking, "But why does July suck?" I mean, after all, July has so many good things about it right? Like the 4th of July and celebrating our nation's birthday. The fireworks you can either do together with family, friends and acquaintances or to go see one of those big fireworks shows that the cities or military installations put on for us. It's summertime. It's warm. People are going on vacations. Everyone seems to be having fun (or at least trying to ;;) ). There are places to go … [Read more...]
The Start of a New Day
Today is the start of a new day. It’s a day I have not had to do in many years (eight, almost nine, years to be precise). It’s a day I have not been ready for before now. In the past it would have been a day I dreaded but now I am really looking forward to it. It’s a day where I take the first step, of what I am sure are going to be many, in getting a job on post (Fort Knox). Before Mari died, as most of you know by now I was a stay at home mom taking caring of our one and only child. … [Read more...]
Revamped our Guestbook
I always like to add a Guestbook to any site I make and this site is no exception. In particularly this site as I love to meet those individuals who have stopped by and taken the time to let me know. If you have previously signed our Guestbook, I have manually entered every entry into the new one. The date shows as of today's date and there is no way to adjust them but they are in order of when they were posted. I am asking everyone to please take the time to sign our Guestbook. I know … [Read more...]
New features added you will enjoy
:x I love it when I can personalize my information. I have added a new feature that I hope all of my followers will enjoy. If you have already created a user account for our site, then you know you did not have the option of adding a profile picture. Personally, I hate the generic pictures that site like to put beside my name and I like to personalize it to make it more like me. In this case, that would be a picture of me so that you, my followers, actually know what I look like. o=> … [Read more...]
Julie and Sylvia
Sylvia, I want you to know how much of a dear friend you have become to me. I mean, don't get me wrong, you were such a help to Keith and I when we were still living in DeKalb. Every Sunday morning you enabled us to be able to attend church service while you were taking care of our beloved angel during children’s church. You enabled her to participate and be around other kids her own age. You have such a gift and you were a God send as you have the speech background that could ultimately … [Read more...]
When life throws you a curve ball (man, all I wanted was a fast one :) )
All I can say is, “Boy what a night last night.” Keith and I typically go to bed, what might seem for most people, rather late. It seems like if we are starting to get ready for bed by 11 o’clock or midnight that it is an early night for us. We both are such night owls as we usually are going to bed around 1 or 2 in the morning and sometimes even later. Well, last night did not start off as a good night once we got upstairs and settling down for the night. As it was, I was very tired. … [Read more...]
New Pages Added: Her Hospital Story
For those of you who know me personally have already read the story of what happened to our beloved baby girl. Many of you have never had the opportunity to read what happened to her and how she passed away. I have now put her story under the page heading above: "Her Hospital Story." This story was written while she was in the hospital. The only day that was not written when she was alive is the last day. The picture to the side is of one of the very last pictures taken of her about a … [Read more...]
Updated: Polls page
Some of you know we have a "Polls" page. For those of you who don't, I have simply created a couple of polls to help us with our site. If you have the time, please fill out both that are located on the page. I do go in and check everyday to see what people have said thus far. As of yet, I have had only one person fill out one of the polls and no one fill out the other. I am asking, if you have the time, to please fill them out. They will probably only take a minute or two your time. I want to … [Read more...]
