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cloudy days

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope on July 31, 2008 | 6 Comments »

It was a little over a year ago that I was sitting on Heather’s couch watching the clock’s hand move from double digits to single digits. We had returned to her home that evening from our two-day trek across the dessert and desolate wasteland that separates St. Louis from Southern New Mexico. My cousin and [...]

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Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope, tagged , , , , on April 3, 2008 | 12 Comments »

I interrupt this impromptu blogging spring break to bring you yet another quote.
If you are going to all the trouble of checking this little blog, than the very least I can do is to give you something new to look at or in this case think about. And since I’m on “spring break,” I sharing [...]

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manna

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope, tagged , , , , on February 1, 2008 | 16 Comments »

The other day I was at my mom’s group at our church, when a friend came up to ask me how I was doing. I told her I was doing well, but she tilted her head to the side and replied, “It must be hard for you to pray.”
The statement surprised me and stung as [...]

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giving thanks

Posted in the ones about hope on November 30, 2007 | 8 Comments »

Last Thursday morning started as if it was being led by a director and his crew of producers. Bright white snowflakes fell from the sky in perfect syncopation leaving a duvet of feathers on our lawn.
Ava clapped her hands with glee over the snow, “Christmas is coming. Christmas is coming,” and then squealed when the [...]

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evening song

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope on June 21, 2007 | 8 Comments »

“The tenderness of God is twirling in our living room tonight” –Watermark

Sometimes the mercies of God come dressed in purple tulle and sequins with feather boa sleeves, a shiny, plastic crown, and a sparkling wand. I had come across that bit of lyric from Watermark’s song Elianna last night and had been pondering it [...]

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vespers

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope on April 12, 2007 | 12 Comments »

Let Your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in You.
A few Thursdays ago…
Daddy: Ava, I have good news for you. Jesus heard your prayers and he has answered them.
Ava: Oh, yay!!! Oh, mama, there’s a baby in your belly. Oh, I love the baby. I’m so happy. I’m so [...]

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tasteless cookie?

Posted in the ones about hope on February 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Ava and I have relinquished the past week of our lives to a determined and merciless cold (hence the serious lack of blogging). While I have felt much better the past few days, I realized last night that I have completely lost my sense of smell and with it the ability to taste. My nose [...]

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farewell our wee one

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope on December 15, 2006 | 6 Comments »

Tomorrow morning Nate and I will say goodbye to the baby we have yet to meet. On Monday at our ten week prenatal visit the doctor was unable to find a heartbeat through either the monitor or the ultrasound. She later confirmed by ultrasound that the baby had died. Our sweet babe with face unseen [...]

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child of the heavenly father

Posted in the ones about hope on October 28, 2006 | 4 Comments »

Since Ava was a wee babe Children of the Heavenly Father has been one of our favorite rocking songs. Over that past month she has memorized the hymn and is often heard singing it throughout our house. More recently Ava has begun interupting our evening singing with questions: “What’s slumber mean?” “What’s a defwender?” “What’s [...]

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