Joe and Bella…List

Joe and Bella…List

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...
Still Dealing With Death…and Life.

Still Dealing With Death…and Life.

It is very important to read this post first….  Ok, great.  It was one year ago yesterday that we had Trey’s funeral.  So there we…were, having “dealt” with death but being daunted by life.  I’m not real sure about how we...
Approaching THAT day…

Approaching THAT day…

Sure…when playing Cranium (a charades challenge) Bella did yell “Photosynthesis” instead of the word, “Bloom.”  She did use the term “Metaphorically speaking” in context and accurately a while back.  When she was lauding the...
Grace

Grace

I apologize for the lack of a post last week.  For the most part, life and math happened.  Life was, well, things in life that kept me from sitting down and focusing on writing.  Math was Joe and Bella needing my help with their math homework just as I was sitting...
Did He Know? (and other questions/observations).

Did He Know? (and other questions/observations).

1.  I often wonder if Trey really knew how much I loved him.  He was always so much in the now that I can make it feasible that he didn’t know because he never thought of or wondered it. 2.  I am reminded of how when he was super tired or (toward the end) just...
No Tears in Texas

No Tears in Texas

Well, not as many as we had expected.  You see, many if not all of you know that Rachel and I recently spent some time in Texas.  “Texas?” you say.  Well, if you’re not a long timer here at jaymitlo.com you wouldn’t know that we were trained by...