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Letter to Zack on his 16th birthday
Dear Zack, Today is your birthday. Your sixteenth birthday. And I wonder… I wonder how tall you would be now. I wonder how your voice would sound. I see your friends and how much they have changed....
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Nick opened the envelope!
We are beyond excited on this very special day of celebrating our sweet Zack and finding out we are having another boy. Thank you for all of your kind words and encouragement…It’s a Boy!!
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Permission to Grieve
A little brother visits an older brother’s grave… Some friends I care about deeply have recently experienced tremendous loss and are now navigating the “grief journey.” It is a journey I know well and...
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Welcome Baby Mayo!
All my boys… After being hospitalized for a week with pre-eclampsia, I was induced and gave birth early to Samuel Hugh Mayo on Saturday, December 20 at 10:29am…. 1 samuel 1:20 – it came about in due...
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Sweet baby Samuel
Hope is grief’s best medicine. Thank you Lord for this precious blessing of joy and hope…
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Baby Samuel
Happy 8 months sweet baby Samuel. He has brought so much joy to our family. Thank You God for this incredible blessing. Happy 8 months!!
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New Season of Writing
I received many messages regarding my absence in blogging over the past year. Although I have continued to write (because writing is where I find my greatest healing) it has been better for me to keep...
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Take Off Your Mask: It’s Time to be Real
I stopped by the store earlier this week and was bombarded by the huge display of Halloween paraphernalia. The aisles were filled with Halloween costumes and masks; some scary, some funny and...
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The Empty Chair
Holiday Grief Grief is so unpredictable. Emptying a dishwasher, it crashes over me like an ocean wave. Friends celebrate kids home from college, school being out and loved ones being together and all I...
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Let God Fill the Empty
The soft ground presses down under my feet. Perfectly placed poinsettias dance in the wind. Nearly every grave site shows signs of Christmas. Someone still remembers. Someone still misses. We stop in...
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Still Standing
Happy It has been 5 years since Mayo and I attended an Express International Leadership Conference “Evening of Excellence”. It is a black tie affair and the evening is filled with fancy food, great...
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Choose Kindness
in a world where social media rage has become the new road rage Really? I wonder if some of my “friends” would be so outspoken if they were not hiding behind the safety of an electronic device. Social...
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Don’t Feel Sorry for Me
I don't need your pity - I need your love. My heart quickens when I meet a new person because I know the inevitable question is coming. These days I am usually holding or holding onto our littlest who...
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The Storm is Coming
Are you prepared? A storm is coming! A storm is coming! It is on the horizon. A state of emergency has been declared in various parts of the east coast and here at my home in Wilmington, North...
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I Remember when 30 was old
30 things I have learned from 30 years of Marriage Do you still remember when thirty was old? I remember!! And now I have been married for thirty years. When I say it out loud it sounds like a long...
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Bring on the Scary
We overcome fear when we keep God near... Kings Dominion Halloween brings out the scary. Scary costumes. Scary movies. Scary stories. A lot of things used to scare me. But, I’m a lot braver than I...
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A Moment in the Junk Drawer
As I dug through the mounds of items, I could hardly believe how much junk stuff could be in one drawer. I forgot what I was even looking for when I spotted the shiny object. Wondering how this tiny...
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My friend Grief
Making the most of every moment. My friend, Grief, is visiting today. He woke me up by banging intensely on my door last night. He likes to wake me up. We have become steadfast friends. Sometimes he...
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Happy 13th birthday Nick
My cup ran over with JOY 13 years ago today as we welcomed a precious baby boy to our family. A baby brother. Meeting big brother… Truly, a gift from God. He is a beacon of light that would draw me...
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I Poisoned My Child
And I haven’t been arrested yet. A big brother with liver cancer gets a sweet hug from a little brother.If you don’t live in North Carolina, you may not have heard about our Cape Fear River water...
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