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.

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Home

There is a place that is home. For some it’s the people they are with, for others, the place they live, and for still others it could be a feeling inside. For me, it’s all of those. Jayce had all his art brought home at the end of preschool. This one I found touched me.

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Goodbyes
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Goodbyes

Each morning when I drop this boy off for preschool, we have a little dance we go through. It’s all him of course. It’s all love… is what it really is. I say good-bye and blow him a kiss. I love you, I say. He blows me a kiss, then another and another.

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Birthdays
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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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