Early mornings and late nights there is a terrifying silence as all I hear are sound machines carrying through the hall from the babies rooms to my heart beating fast as I lay in what once was our bed all alone. Surrounded by pictures of us together and our life that was suppose to be forever. Tears run down my …
August 15, 2010
Sometimes in grief, your heart remembers things your mind doesn’t. Every time I have looked at August 15th on the calendar my heart told me something was missing. This morning, I woke up and remembered 6 years ago Patrick asked me to be his girlfriend. On this day, every year he would remember and send me a sweet text or …
The Unwanted Title
“I am a widow like you” said the voice of a sweet lady right after hearing my husband went to be the Lord. “Widow, I can’t believe I am a widow” I thought to myself. Here I was 25, with three babies three and under and alone in life. A circumstance I had always feared, doing life without my amazing …
The Most Romantic Valentines Gift You Could Give Your Wife
The advertisements surrounding this time of year screams, “The most romantic Valentines gift you could ever give your wife” but after you read this post, most women would agree with me that this particular Valentine’s gift truly is the best. My husband blessed me with this extraordinary gift on our first Valentine’s Day together. Here is an excerpt from the …
True love
True love is sacrifice. It’s selfless, it’s giving and it’s pure. It serves with a joyful spirit desires nothing in return. It maintains, is intentional and pursues whole heartily. It’s not the kind that writes love notes daily or constant outpouring of material gifts and sweet dripping words. It’s actions. It’s coming home after a long day of work and …
Remember when……
Remember when you would cry when you had to shut the door and say goodbye to your fiancee because you longed for that day when you only had to say goodnight? Now he is your husband and even though he is working long hours you at least get to lay your head next to your love at night and wake …