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The end of October
Galloping, galloping, galloping on through November, with Thanksgiving in my lap, ready for attention, and Christmas pawing at my foot and pressing its nose against my leg. (oh, Dana, I miss you.) Som… more →
love, loss, and rainbows
the end of October
thisbumpyjourney wrote 1 month ago: Galloping, galloping, galloping on through November, with Thanksgiving in my lap, ready for attentio … more →
soggy old Thursday
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 1 month ago: Thank you so much, friends, for commenting and for reading and for just being here. We’ve mad … more →
tender
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 1 month ago: The last day or so, I keep going back to sort of painful memories. Sort of sad, not-really-sure-why … more →
sweetness
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 1 month ago: Feeling very blessed (and blissed) this morning. The big boys are doing amazingly well at their chal … more →
musing
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 1 month ago: I sent F another short note yesterday. It’s a pretty easy habit I’m falling into; I writ … more →
firsts and lasts
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 2 months ago: I was strolling with Rainbow today (magically, we avoided a drenching from the downpours that WILL N … more →
eh.
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 2 months ago: Things are good, really, I’m just feeling a little pooped. And it’s not Rainbow’s … more →
sweet little early morning daydream
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 3 months ago: Not sure if this counts as dream journaling – not sure what this qualifies as: a daydream that … more →
floral hugs
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 4 months ago: When it happened, our porch filled with beautiful bouquets of backyard flowers and wildflowers, arra … more →
the Day
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 4 months ago: was actually pretty great, as The Days go. I woke up from an awesome dream, so indulge my dream jour … more →
crowded room
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 4 months ago: So. At this point, four years ago, I guess he’d have been in the PICU at Vanderbilt Children … more →
Mama Goat
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 4 months ago: Behind the Great Big Wooden Playground at the recreation center in our county seat, there is a littl … more →
late July
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 4 months ago: It’s that time of year again. I never wanted to know the actual date of his accident. For man … more →
the downside of grief groups
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 4 months ago: I think I’m going to stop visiting grieving parent sites entirely. They were such a lifeline a … more →
end game
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 6 months ago: This morning I will call T, our social worker, to schedule our last post placement visit. We may end … more →
installation
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 6 months ago: Today we moved Ward’s sculpture from our backyard, where it’s been for about a year, to … more →
we must have been glowing
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 7 months ago: I took Rainbow to Wal-mart yesterday. It was a multi-purpose trip: pick up the frickin-frackin-port … more →
stupid wal-mart potrait session
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 8 months ago: I had started to write a longer post, but it got too wordy and wasn’t really going where I wan … more →
more baby steps
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thisbumpyjourney wrote 9 months ago: I had the basic layette all bought/given, washed with baby detergent and fabric softener, and folded … more →
