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Endings... 29 Feb 2012 | 07:16 pm
This is not at all how We thought it was supposed to be We had so many plans for you We had so many dreams And now you’ve gone away And left us with the memories of your smile And nothing we can say A...
Surprise... 22 Feb 2012 | 04:18 am
Dear Miranda, Daddy still misses you, I know I always will. I was at church, watching two of your cousins get baptized this past Sunday, and the fact that you're not here with me, that I won't get to...
Happy Birthday... 6 Feb 2012 | 11:53 am
Dear Miranda, Today we celebrated your birth. A time of sadness. A time of joy. Today, at the same time that you were delivered last year, a single pink balloon floated into the clear blue sky and w...
The worst day... 5 Feb 2012 | 07:49 pm
Dear Sara, It’s been one year… …I remember those first few months…vividly… Staring into the bathroom mirror…not recognizing the man staring back at me. Curling up in a ball on our bed, the family r...
The portrait... 31 Jan 2012 | 04:58 pm
I can see you fly. You are an angel with wings, high above the ground. (traditional haiku) Recently, I’ve had this self-portrait Sara did in college sitting out where I can see it every day. It’s bee...
All in the family... 27 Dec 2011 | 03:38 pm
Dear God, It's me. Are you there? Are you listening? The door is closed and locked. The lights are turned off. I'm laying in my bed, listening to all the children playing right outside the door of m...
First Christmas... 22 Dec 2011 | 04:59 am
Dear Sara, It's almost Christmas...just not the Christmas we were supposed to be having. The tree should have been surrounded by gifts for our little girl's first Christmas. Her first ornament would ...
Thanksgiving... 24 Nov 2011 | 04:31 am
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving...it's been on the calendar for a while, hurtling towards us like that comet in Armageddon...only, at times, it feels there's no heroic crew preparing to save us from certain ...
First kiss... 28 Oct 2011 | 04:54 am
Dear Sara, It was 16 years ago today...Friday, October 27, 1995. You had asked me to go to Homecoming with you. You, the shy girl, beat me to the punch by just a few minutes...I would have asked yo....
Daddy's little girl... 27 Oct 2011 | 11:19 am
Dear Miranda, Three days wasn't enough. It will never be enough. You're always with me in my heart. You're always on my mind. I went on a trip this past weekend, down to Atlanta. I went to the aquar...
