I stood there on the beach, looking at Joe, Bella, and Rachel. It was last year and our first vacation as a family after Trey had passed. Joe was right next to Rachel, then a space, and then Bella. It was a very subtle reminder that something (someone) was missing....
Emotional needs, They are the black sheep of the need family. Well then, who are the more prominent and respected members of the “need” family? There are physical needs. You know; food, water, shelter, exercise, etc. There are very few non super...
I wanted to make a post entirely about how our society seems to really take celebrity deaths hard. I, obviously, decided against it as I wasn’t sure of my theories as to why and doubting my observance of them being taken “so seriously.” One of my...
I can’t stand when nothing is wrong, but not much is right. That being said, Joe is just off his 2nd round of antibiotics for ear/sinus infections and cough etc. He started coughing again this morning. This has been going on since November. Bella always can...
Sheesh. It’s been a while. It’s also been quite a dizzying few weeks of apparently a few holidays. At one point I wasn’t sure if the next holiday was Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years. Turns out it was two days ago and we were past...
Sooooo why don’t we just check in on how Joe and Bella are doing these days? 1. Try to remember what late grade school (5th grade) and junior high (7th) grade were like for you. 2. Do you remember, especially for the jr. high part, the daily battle that life...