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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I Love You
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I Love You

I’m standing in my bathroom, brushing my teeth. I think I’m alone and I feel alone. The kind of alone that feels lonely. I look toward the doorway and this little tiny human has appeared, startling me just a bit because he was so quiet.

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Do I still love Grant?
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Do I still love Grant?

Do Still love Grant?  That’s easy, no.  I don’t.  I sure don’t feel it anyway. Part of that is out of sight out of mind and that is exacerbated by him dying the way he did. Part of it is me wanting to punish him for it by forgetting him because I felt he forgot about me by leaving me the way he did. I feel like he abandoned his boys. 

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