Every year for All Souls Day we go and decorate Sarah’s marker. I thought I’d post pictures.
This is the tree that’s growing nearby. I wish the picture did it justice. It’s absolutely gorgeous right now, all golden and red.
Ciaran ran around and loved being outdoors. I took him with me [...]
I have been busy transferring old blog posts to WordPress. Since Blog-City doesn’t play well with others, there’s no easy way to upload all that I’ve written there and bring it over here. So, one by one, I’ve been copying and pasting, living in html, and appreciating how much work I’ve put into [...]
I was looking at my traffic here at Our Homeschool over the last few years. Before February of 2005, when we lost Sarah, I had a small following of somewhere between 500 - 1000 hits per month. Blogging was fun. It was a way to talk about what we were doing and what was on [...]
In my work I’ve met women who deliverd a stillborn baby 40 or more years ago. Sometimes I discover this through simple conversation, perhaps when they ask me how many children I’ve had, and I include Sarah. They are always amazed that we spent so much time with her and took so many pictures. They [...]
Ye have lost a child–nay, she is not lost to you, who is found to Christ; she is not sent away, but only sent before; like unto a star, which going out of our sight, doth not die and vanish, but shineth in another hemisphere.
- Samuel Rutherford
Two years ago today I [...]
Sarah’s birthday isn’t sneaking up on my this year, I’ve been counting the days, disbelieving that so much time has passed already. One would think that almost two years away from her loss, I would be through with the hurt, but I’m just not.. I don’t live in a state of constant sorrow, nor am [...]
Poor Reagan.
When we moved into our new house, we got our first pet. Well, really, Reagan did. She was a lovely little golden hamster that he named Gwin. We bought everything that Petco recommended for her and brought her home.
For the last few months, we’ve watched her grow, faithfully kept her foodbowl full, and changed [...]
