February 6, 2017 My husband and I have been married 26 years, and I am 50 years old. We are childless, and that was never our choice. We are often asked why we don’t have children. I suppose folks mean well by asking personal questions and expecting an answer. It always leaves me wondering what…
Thank you for sharing your beautiful life with us sweet girl. SASHA APPLEBY 1/19/2006 – 6/29/2016 Loved every single second of her beautiful life. It eventually gets to a point where the tears running down your face feel like acid sloughing off your skin…..and the pain in your chest becomes a desperately aching void…..and you…
Earlier this week, my brother Bernie was seriously injured in a farming accident. The radiator on the tractor he had been cultivating with, exploded. He received 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his face, arms, back and chest. By the grace of God there were no inhalation burns and his eyesight was spared. After a…
My dad. Born in 1923. Born in Bear Lake, still lives in Bear Lake. Grew up in incredible poverty, on a farm, part of a big family. Worked that farm swinging a plow behind a pair of Percherons (there’s not a lot of people alive who have actually done this anymore) Got his nickname “Bud”…
My biggest faults: 1. Chasing after people who don’t want me. 2. Worrying about what others think. 3. Being too emotional/sensitive. 4. Apologizing for things that are not my fault. 5. Harboring expected reciprocity of feelings. 6. Depending on others to feel good about myself. I have spent (as of tomorrow) 50 years not feeling…
On Friday night February 12, 2016, a horrifying murder took place in Plymouth, Minnesota. Shortly after 9:00 PM, Trisha Nelson either jumped out or was pushed out of the SUV she was riding in. Trisha ran out into the intersection of Northwest Boulevard and Rockford Road, desperately seeking assistance and escape. Corey chased Trisha down…
On the eve of my 25th wedding anniversary, I’m sitting out here on the couch watching a Hallmark movie, and puttering on my laptop, which is always on the coffee table. Don is sleeping right now. He has to get up soon to work an extra shift today. He works at Fedex, and Thanksgiving to…
For the first 17 years of our marriage, we tried desperately to have children. We wanted nothing more than to raise a family of our own. I lost two pregnancies, and gave up. Instead…He sent me Will, Toby and Andy in March of 2000. Helpless day old kittens that someone had thrown in the trash…
While he has been the subject and object of my gratitude many times….today I am once again grateful for my husband and best friend, Don. As we approach 25 years of marriage…I find new reasons almost every day to love him and appreciate him even more. Since I have fallen ill…he has been working multiple…
I am a U.S. ARMY veteran. I was a military police officer. If my country needed me, I would do it all again. Huge respect from me, to ALL veterans of ALL military branches, and all those who currently serve. Despite any faults, hardships and politics….this nation in which I reside, is worthy of our…