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.

Birthdays and Milestones
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Birthdays and Milestones

I turned 40 this month.  It seems to be a milestone birthday.  I remember when my mother turned 40.  I thought she was old.  For her birthday, friends and family got a coffin to decorate with, and also a lot of all black. 

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Birthdays
Boys Janae Thompson Boys Janae Thompson

Birthdays

My baby turned 5 yesterday. It’s hard for me to say “our” baby now. I don’t know an “our” anymore. He’s now had 3 birthdays without his dad. He got 2 birthdays with him, which was it. This photo was his last birthday with his dad. He won’t remember a birthday with him.

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