Living is a whole new adventure when you suddenly find yourself alone, widowed and the mother of four young boys a lot like their Dad.

Training Up a Child Part III
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Training Up a Child Part III

As I trained the new grapevines, I could almost hear,  ‘just remember Janae, remember where you came from.  Remember this blood, our family, you, me; who we are, and how I am with you.’ 

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Party For Grant
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Party For Grant

The 3 year anniversary of Grant’s passing has come and gone. On the previous two anniversaries of this day, I just try to get through the day as if it’s nothing, because it isn’t a day I want to remember.

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Beauty
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Beauty

Beauty has taken on a whole other meaning again.  I love beautiful things.  This morning as I was getting ready, I felt beautiful.  Not like I felt like I looked beautiful, but as I settled into the feeling of being in my body, walking into the bathroom, surrounded by the silence of being alone; that is also now a state of being for me.  I felt the feeling of beautiful inside me.

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