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.

Why I Keep Your Helmet
Janae Janae Thompson Janae Janae Thompson

Why I Keep Your Helmet

I keep the helmet you wore when you died in the storage room.  I don’t see it often, but enough.  On good days, I pass right by it.  On hard days, I stare at it and forget why I came into the storage room.  It is in the Grant section on a shelf where it stays. 

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Hard Lessons (That Helmet Part II)
Grant Janae Thompson Grant Janae Thompson

Hard Lessons (That Helmet Part II)

There’s a deep dent in the helmet you wore when you died.  It’s the point of impact where your head hit the rock.  The medical examiner who accompanied us on our pilgrimage to the site, he showed us the rock you were lying next to. He surmised that that's what created the dent based on your body position. 

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