Purging

We got the girls moved out of the library this week. What a relief! Everyone is glad to have their own space again! And I am very happy to have a school area back. And my closet! Three months of sharing my closet with 5 girls was...WHOA! But moving things caused me to clean out things and rearrange. I moved several boxes of William’s things into the attic. Old medicines and equipment and hoses and such. Probably stuff I should throw away. Why can’t I? It’s so hard just to move it out of my closet. Sometimes it really bothers me that I’m just moving on without him. Oh, I miss him so...

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Pictures

Just some recent fun pictures with my sister and her family...

Thirteen

This week is always hard.  I wonder if it will always be so.  I wonder if the day will come when I can just breeze through this day with sweet memories and joy and no pangs of sadness.  I doubt it.  At this point, I would settle for a day that wasn't so hard to pull myself out of bed.

I try to be thankful.  I really do.  And I am.  I'm thankful for the 3,115 days I was blessed to have William in my arms...8 1/2 wonderful years.  I try so hard not to focus on what I didn't get.  Especially today (yesterday?)...1,634 days without him.  A hard 4 1/2 years filled with so much loss.

I tried to be joyful.  I am so very thankful to be surrounded by my family.  I love this clan so much!  And we always enjoy a sweet and special time of ice cream for breakfast.

A sweet friend from Make a Wish made this...I set it as my temporary profile picture.  Pretty sweet...

I hope all our friends enjoyed ice cream for breakfast as well.  We really love seeing the pictures.  Thank you for the love!

Happy Birthday, Sherrod!

We had a fun time celebrating Sherrod this week!  What a lovely young woman she is!

Siblings

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Mmmm....cheesecake!

Birthday prayer 💗

What's a birthday without a little Ocker craziness????

I am so thankful for this lovely lady.  Not only a daughter, but a dear friend and trusted confidante.  I am so blessed by her heart of compassion and her desire to serve others.  She is always willing to give up her own desires or altar her own plans for someone else's benefit.  It is such a delight to watch her continue to grow in the Lord and to see His fruit in her life.  There is no greater joy!  Happiest of birthdays, my love!