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This blog is my record of my journey with my son who had a rare, and eventually fatal metabolic illness. It is the story of the last year and a half of his life, his death, and after. I have shared this journey this in the hopes that is will not only help me come to terms with the realities, but also that someone along the way may find it helpful, as they face a similar journey.







This is my place to comment on events, blow off steam, encourage myself (and maybe you), share frustrations, show my love, grieve my losses, express my hopes, and if I am lucky, maybe figure out some of this crazy place we call life on earth.





The content might sometimes get a little heavy. As an understatement..







WARNING:







People who are grieving may write sad or difficult things and bring you down. This blog may not be for the faint of stomach or of heart. Read with caution and at your own risk.





If you are new to this blog, I suggest reading it from oldest to newest. It isn't necessary, as what I write is complete in itself. But this blog is sort of the result of the "journey" I'm going on, and I think it sort of "flows" better from oldest to newest.



I do hope that in the end you will find, in spite of all the difficult and heartbreaking things, things that are worth contemplating.





Welcome along!





Tuesday, July 5, 2011

My Addiction.

Ha ha, bet that got your attention.  Hope you are not too disappointed to find out that this is not some deep dark secret.  Nor some serious discussion.  Sorry.  But, here you have it, MORE pictures...  :)    I just can't seem to stop myself.

So, I'm going to put up the previous pic of Joel's name in my flower bed, and then the "after" pic so that you can see how it has changed.  Yeah, and then I will just put up a bunch of pictures of pretty flowers.  Including some recent ones of Joel's grave.

BEFORE:

AFTER:





Actually, his name looks even better today, so I might need to go out and take another picture, yet again!

And here are some pics of his Garden at the cemetary.  Taken a couple of days after my Dad's funeral.









One of these days I'm going to sit down once again and write a "real" blog.  Today is not that day.  :)

Today I'm going out to "weed wack" the yard.  I might finish a book I started.  And it really is time I made appointments for us.  Eye appointments and yearly check up appointments (haven't done that since Joel was born!).  And getting our income tax done, that would be a good idea.  We are going to take Caeden to Tinker Town one day soon.  And we have purchased a tent, so I hope we get out camping ASAP.  Summer stuff.

Thanks everyone, for your love and support in these last months especially.  I have great doubts that much of it has "sunk in" as they say.  I do not know what the next weeks will be like.  And that is about all I know, at this time.  Other than the most important fact that when I get to a day in the future, God is there ahead of me.

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