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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, December 7, 2010

Editor's note

You may have noticed a few small changes here. I actually didn't even plan on this much of a change, but I really wanted to use more of the space on the sides of this blog, particularly as I wanted to put a few more pictures on the sides. And then, in order to do that, I had to choose a completely different template. So there you go!

I hope you don't mind! I must be getting old, because every time Facebook, Yahoo, or Google changes something, it irks me. I have to get used to it all over again. And usually the changes really don't make it better (in my opinion. See, I'm really old fashioned. I don't even say IMHO). I think sometimes they do it because they think if they change it, they will fool us into thinking they are constantly making it better, instead of just changing it. See, I must be getting OLD to even postulate such a scheme.

Anyway, I have resisted too many changes or adding too many "frills" to this blog. Not because I think they are bad. Not at all, I read some blogs that are very aesthetically pleasing and I enjoy it. Sometimes I'm even tempted to dress mine up a bit more.

But I haven't. Because I AM "dressing" this blog up, by keeping it simple. I'm attempting to be direct and honest and open in this blog. And keeping it all simple sort of sets the tone, I think. It's a bit bare. No distractions. I'm trying to keep my own focus on this road God is leading me down. There is a lot of interesting scenery, and I'm sorry that you have to miss that, but I sort of want the journey itself to be the focus.

So whether you like changes, and pretty pictures, or whether you like everything to stay the same and be familiar, I hope you will not mind the way I have used my artistic license in this blog.
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