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Thankful For Thorns: January 2015

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Thursday, January 29, 2015. An open letter to the driver who hit me and ran. I know you don't know me. I'm sure we've never met. But our worlds collided Saturday night. I was almost home. I was exiting the highway ready to be home. I was looking forward to watching Once Upon A Time. With my husband before going to bed. I had planned to stop at the grocery store to surprise him with ice cream. It was going to be a quiet relaxing time spent with my husband. And I was looking forward to that. I am a mother.

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Thankful For Thorns: Due Date

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Thursday, November 6, 2014. Today is my due date but I am not pregnant with that child. Today is my due date but I will never hold that baby this side of heaven. Today is my due date and I feel a baby move inside of my womb but it is not the baby I should be giving birth to soon. Eight months ago I went into my bathroom, peed on a stick, and waited three minutes. That's all it takes for your whole world to change. Those two pink lines bring so many emotions along with them. She called me immediately and ...

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Thankful For Thorns: Woolzies Dryer Balls Review

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Monday, September 30, 2013. Woolzies Dryer Balls Review. I recently told you all how much I dislike laundry. And what I do to help keep it at bay. But I need to add in one more thing; why does it have to take so long for laundry to dry? Also why do we use so many chemicals to "clean" our clothes? I remember as a little girl my grandmother grating bars of Fels Naptha. With her cheese grater to wash her laundry in a washer, which no joke, looked like this:. Needless to say I was actually very skeptical abo...

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Thankful For Thorns: When life isn't what you planned.

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Monday, March 17, 2014. When life isn't what you planned. I drafted this post the night that I was losing our baby. I had no idea if I would ever come back to it or if I would ever actually post this. I'm still not even sure if I want to. But here I am back at this post reading through what I wrote, still feeling unimaginable emotional pain. The physical pain has mostly gone but my hear is still so broken. Being thankful for thorns means being thankful for the hard stuff in our lives. It's weird you know?

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Thankful For Thorns: Lost

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014. The air feels heavy. Tears have threatened my eyes all day but I've tried hard to keep them at bay. The boys are sound asleep and I can't keep them back any longer. It's only Monday and it feels as though this week will consume me. My heart is broken in two. Still missing pieces that I will never get back. I miss Zoe more than I could ever put into words. My love for her will never end and is more than I could ever explain. I want to go to bed and sleep through this week. Div a...

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Thankful For Thorns: Thankful for You!

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Tuesday, November 4, 2014. As many of you know Facebook is changing things yet again. Liking a blog on facebook will no longer be an option as a giveaway entry after current giveaways are over. So lets quick have some fun before that happens! I'm super thankful for all of my fans on Facebook and all of my social media networks. The amount of support and love I have received especially over the last 8 months after our loss has been incredible. So thank you all so much! I think you'll love it!

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Thankful For Thorns: November 2014

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Thursday, November 13, 2014. Little miracles in the everyday. I think sometimes we're so busy, so on the go, so fast, that we miss the little miracles in the everyday. But they're there. Maybe it's that we brush it off as coincidence or maybe it's that we're just too jaded to see it for what it is. Regardless of our attention they are still there. I think God wants to remind us of his love in little ways throughout our day but so many times we miss it. He knew I would need this very thing now. Just a typ...

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Thankful For Thorns: September 2014

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Friday, September 19, 2014. Loss and the life that follows. It's been six months since we lost Zoe. It's almost impossible to believe. Half a year has gone by. I think often about where I would. Be in my pregnancy with her now. I would only have seven weeks left till my due date. I think about the things we would be doing to prepare for her arrival. We grieved hard when we lost our baby. I got lost in a sea of depression for months. I moved about in a fog day in and day out. And I did begin to heal.

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Thankful For Thorns: Projects, Plans, and Procrastination.

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Thursday, June 30, 2011. Projects, Plans, and Procrastination. Make that 3 Mei Tai Projects going on! These are my first 3 paid orders for Mei Tais and I am beyond excited! Our currently plans with this is giving me a more definitive Work time. This will mean that Mommy goes into the office (which is slightly secluded from the rest of the house) and I will be putting in a good 2 hours each morning while Dowe and Monkey get MAN TIME! My house is a mess.no really.I mean it.its a mess. see? Dowe was blow aw...