tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67956472549525044382024-02-19T04:40:22.460-05:00Until Darkness is LightYour grace will lead us home.
There will be no more night. We will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for you will be our light. And together we will be... forever. Rev. 22:5Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-40153463729105897082016-10-09T00:00:00.000-04:002016-10-21T10:01:27.352-04:00AbigailLazarus.<br />
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Pretend I'm him. Knowing what "4 days of death" feels like, but then Jesus. Love shows itself and, like Lazarus, the miracle of grace & new life is mine. <br />
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John 11:44 Jesus said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and...<br />
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Ab, because of you, I can picture Lazarus in this moment- shell shocked as he may have been, standing wrapped in his "grave clothes" but slowly taking in the smells and signs of life rushing in around him. A man gone from death to life. Hearing the wind, the birds, or the grief cries turned to sheer joy - feeling the movement of a few choice loved ones running toward him. Brave souls who came to follow through with what Jesus had asked of them... "take off the grave clothes".<br />
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But from my experience I now imagine there was one... <i>one heart of pure faith that understood what Jesus was doing before the rest so she got there first.</i> One set of hands that worked tirelessly to unravel. Even when Lazarus' frail body needed the process to go slower because the freeing process was painful for him... this one set of hands wasn't put off by the groaning, she effortlessly just downgraded to gentle mode and...<br />
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kept on moving. </div>
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kept on loving & setting the captive free.<br />
kept believing in the miracle of grace found solely in<br />
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Oh my soul <span style="text-align: left;">from the help God sent to me </span><span style="text-align: left;">in your hands, Ab. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">In your heart of deep love & vision for me.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">Thank you for loving him like you do.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">I'm in awe at the unraveling it's allowed you to do for him, and for me.</span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;">Because of it, I'm more aware than before that I'm part of the vast army of hope Ezekiel 37 talks about and I'm learning how to take Isaiah 52 from my head to my heart. And from this place... mmmm yes and amen.</span><br />
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<i>thank you for shining his light, love</i></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: left;"><i>xo & giggles from here forward</i></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">catch the wind * jonathan & melissa helser</span><br />
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let my soul be at rest again,</div>
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for the LORD has been good to me</div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-70864368361056096522016-03-20T07:31:00.001-04:002016-03-20T07:35:23.819-04:00Joy SomewhereA couple months or so back now, the feel of it caught my hand by surprise as I reached into my winter coat pocket. <br />
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This little thing is one of 16 or so pieces to a puzzle hj got as a gift for her birthday. I didn't remember how that piece, that had only been in the family room, would have gotten into my coat pocket, but that is where it stayed until yesterday. And yesterday b/c we were driving and I'd run out of other entertainment pieces to pass back to her and that was my final option.<br />
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I loved having that piece in my coat. When I'd go to reach for my keys and feel it there, no matter where I was or what I was doing, little H would flood me and my heart always jumped to a lighter track.<br />
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Most evenings, I pick up halle's little play area and each time I went to put that puzzle back together it was always missing the piece from my pocket. Which always bugged me just a bit - but like not enough to actually ever get up and go get the piece from my coat, plus I loved the random reminders it gave me from that place. <br />
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But one evening, as I put the puzzle together, that little missing piece spoke something new to my soul about how God holds the missing pieces in our lives. Quite possibly in some place where he too gets caught off guard by its presence and receives a pleasant reminder of his child. <br />
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This visual has brought me peace down deep regarding my health. A trust that I've not been able to have that God is in control with it all despite no answers. That somehow my missing health is bringing joy somewhere. It's weird but that helps me. I don't often write about the daily grind of functioning in pain, and that is b/c just like w/ this post, when I do, it never seems to paint a true picture, it just comes across too light and jovial for me when the reality has been so frustrating at times I want to give up. And this all just sounds like complaining to me, but today, I write anyway - b/c that little piece gone missing idea brings me hope that God really does see and quite possibly holds <i><span style="color: #a64d79;">every ounce</span></i> of my missing health in his very hands... and if that's where it is then it could quite possibly, in his mercy, find it's way back to me...<br />
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and last nite, when I handed that piece to h, she never could have known that it made me sad to see my lovelee reminder of her go...<i><span style="color: #a64d79;"> and</span></i> it made me hopeful, that in just an unassuming, and for no real special reason way as that occurred, my time for God to hand me back my health may very well be soon too, he may just be reminded of it and reach in his storehouse and pull out healing to the uttermost and say to my angel, take that to her... maybe it will make him sad too b/c from his viewpoint carrying it with him has brought him joyShannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-10966592300011949942016-01-17T20:46:00.002-05:002016-01-17T20:54:53.136-05:00went out this evening and 11 degrees felt cold, cold the minute you get out of the car cold<br />
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i was rereading a journal this evening from last year, the date was oct. 4th and i remembered stepping outside our apartment that morning, right after writing that entry and purposely doing so to feel the wind and let it be a picture for me of his Holy Spirit right there with me, "letting it" blow unmerited grace all over me, the gentle fall breeze flowing right through the skin and freely through my inmost being<br />
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and in the dead of winter, i think it most fitting to feel the cold 11 degree blast, and let it wake one up to the very core of a God-given being<br />
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how great is my joy in the victories you give, psalm 21:1</div>
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my momma always laid in bed with us on our birthdays and told us our birth date story... and I know without doubt, you and I will do the same... i'll love reliving that day with you... and sharing the good I knew to be true of how such a clash of brilliance became my real life bundle - i love you bunk<br />
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here's a small recap of what life with you in your first year was like from the gifted seats i have...<br />
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months 1-3, you were happiest in the morning and would sleep well until about 4 then from then until 9 to 11pm you were a mixed bag of tricks, sometimes laying with papa and being content, but often fussy and we'd not know how to fix it... but in all honesty, i don't know that you were getting as much food as you'd have like, but overall you were a real trooper, papa was a song creator and loved singing them to you, and momma was a foggy zombie running on love<br />
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You had lots of visitors during your first months of life but made your first car trip on 5.17 to Washington to see your Grandparents and meet some of their friends.</div>
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Your first word.. mama - yep be still my heart</div>
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9.12.15 at Goldfish Swimming<br />
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You loved the water! and swam at grandma's too<br />
and at our apartment.<br />
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This was either b/f or after a walk from our apartment to<br />
eat dinner. We had 2 restaurants close by and we'd often<br />
walk over at the end of the day. You were such a good girl<br />
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10.8.15 so just shy of 9 months</div>
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you rarely wanted to stand and</div>
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10.14.15 at your 9 mo check up. That was a fish tank in the waiting room and you liked it. </div>
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You didn't seem to like the shots this round as you were just not your usual smiles for about 2 days... boo, but yay for a great apt... your weight was 15.5 pounds and you had 6 teeth. </div>
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you'd fallen asleep like this in your crib... watching you on the monitor </div>
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was often momma's entertainment at her desk while she worked.</div>
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stretch!</div>
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10.18.15 </div>
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looking at pics w/ Grandma</div>
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10.21.15 </div>
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You with one of your favorite bedtime reads.</div>
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Our cute bunny!</div>
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w/ Lil Pie</div>
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Preciousness</div>
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11.8.15</div>
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how you'd often end up watching t.v.</div>
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and it's fitting to have a pic w/ Mickey Mouse Club on</div>
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by far your favorite</div>
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In Florida, your first trip and first flight<br />
you did so well<br />
and on 1.1.16 did your first stand by yourself<br />
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1.8.16 - hanging w/ Emmy<br />
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1.9.16 you this morning<br />
dancing your way into 1 yrs old!<br />
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You are a strong girl, Hallejunia. At your 1 yr birthday I still see traits in you that I saw early on... you are observant and not interested in long cuddles and cuddles in general but do give the best kisses. You are a funny girl and love to laugh and be silly. Your current day is up btw 7-8, eating 3 times a day and still 4 bottles. You nap about 1.5 hrs in the morning and afternoon and go down for bed at 8pm. You love playing in your play area or moving around in your walker eating krispies. You can find your hair, your mouth, your tummy, and sometimes your eyes. When momma asks you how much I love you, you point up to the sky and I say, "to the moon." So true sweet girl. May God always look on you with favor and bless your days. May he allow my momma's heart to love you here on earth for many years, I'm thinking 95 and still healthy. Happy 1st b-day to you! You are loved by many!<br />
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From the first prayer she prayed, Ab spoke of your kindness and gave you thanks for it. <br />
It stung my ears and yet... has it not covered each moment? <br />
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For the sake of your name, lead and guide me. Help me trust you with all my heart leaning not on my own understanding but in all ways, <i><span style="color: #741b47;">acknowledge</span></i> you... so you can make the path straight. </div>
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">I Love You</span></i>; and these songs! how you remind me you are<br />
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<br />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-10064388712411745462015-11-01T07:03:00.000-05:002015-11-01T07:03:14.872-05:00Radiant OptimismRead this book a couple of months ago and recommend it, especially for creating a great morning ritual, which is what it has done for me. <br />
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I battle with helplessness that depresses me when it come to my pain. My effort to find the root cause has felt like an endless hamster wheel and some days that drops me to my knees in tears. Today wasn't a tear day, but I wake up and shower b/f my quiet time and it does amaze me how if I wake up in pain, I fight the doom and gloom thoughts as I shower and get ready... and then following her morning routine truly does help me choose differently as her steps help me implant the word of God in a way that works for me... one day at a time.<br />
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A few verses of choice for this day:<br />
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Ps. 32:8 - I will instruct you & teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. <br />
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Isaiah 49:16 See, I've engraved you on the palm of my hand; your walls are ever before me. <br />
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Love this <a href="http://biblehub.com/commentaries/isaiah/49-16.htm">biblehub.com commentary</a> on this: <span style="background-color: #fdfeff; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, brethren, the most </span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">radiant optimism</span></b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is the only fitting attitude for Christian people in looking into the future, either of the Church as a whole, or of themselves as individual members of it. God’s hand is working for Zion and for me. It is guided by love that does not lose the individual in the mass, nor ever forgets any of its children, and it works towards the attainment of unattained perfection. ‘This Man’ does not ‘begin to build and’ prove ‘not able to finish.’</span></span></i></span><br />
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-67761115998099261912015-10-09T07:14:00.000-04:002015-10-09T07:37:19.854-04:009 months of HJ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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you've been out and about now just as long as you were in the womb... well longer really...<br />
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i love that i know the date you were created... Saturday, May 10th<br />
that day was the beginning of 6 little embryos...<br />
5 started flourishing right away<br />
3 were still strong on our May 15 transfer date<br />
and as i laid on the table, i'll never forget the dr saying... "two for Crane"<br />
one of those 2 was you!<br />
one, unbelievable, you<br />
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the next few weeks of waiting to see if the procedure worked were not the most comfortable for momma, i began to swell so much in my abdomen, all the way up to my ribs! the other thing i remember is how strongly i craved salt... i remember i was in Michigan for your grandma's 60th b-day and there was a jar of pickles on the counter... they didn't sound all that hot, but I went to eat one anyway and the heavens parted! the salt was like gold... and i ate the whole jar before leaving the next day...<br />
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the nurses said this salt craving and swelling was all a good sign b/c it usually meant pregnancy hormones were present and when those combined with all the other things I'd been putting in my body to get pregnant, it usually resulted in this! their recommendation... olives, oh why yes, of course!<br />
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and of course, they were right... about the olives and that growing embryo! there were two little blips on our screen when we went May 26th, but only one blip was flickering away... for those days prior, papa had been talking to my belly and calling the two embryos "bros" for short - but as we pulled into the garage after learning there was just 1 that was going to make it, he said, "well I can't call them the bros anymore, but I can call it "flicka" - and we did call you that a lot while you were in the womb<br />
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here you are 10 wks in!</div>
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i was pretty nauseous the first 3 months of being pregnant with you, guess what i ate for breakfast probably 1/2 the time that 1st trimester? no, not olives, tomatoes! usually 2 of them and I'd just eat them like you would an apple... i'm telling you they never tasted so good<br />
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thank goodness trimester 2 was quite event free and lovelee, despite back pain... i also lost my cravings for salty things and went back to eating pretty normal<br />
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I just can't believe you've been out of the belly as long as you were in it... except for the fact that you came early so you were really only in my belly just shy of 8 months... here we are at 36 wks, 1 wk bf you wanted out...<br />
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best gift you could have given me! I feel like these 9 months of having you here have been the longest 9 months of my life... not in a bad way, just in a "full of so much, so much" kind of way. So much learning, so much loving, just so much living in these past short, long months. I believe people when they say, it goes fast... and I can see where it will, but I feel like God has gifted us with time so far and the ability to soak up every last drop of you. I don't wish for it to speed up, so will pray to that end, that as time comes, we will be able to love you up good and full. It has all felt like Mercy.<br />
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Here are some 9 month markers:<br />
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<li>Sitting up and you do a little scoot crawl, like an army crawl</li>
<li>You say momma!</li>
<li>Still not Ms. Cuddles, sadly a trait you've had since day 1, still keeping the faith you'll grow into me! </li>
<li>Fan of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse which you watch entirely too much while momma works</li>
<li>You get up around 6:30 and go to bed pretty close to 8 pm</li>
<li>You take 5 bottles a day, eat a jar of pears or apples in the am and a mixed jar of carrots and peas in the afternoon</li>
<li>You are in size 2 diapers and still love to sleep in your <a href="http://www.sleepingbaby.com/">Zippadee-Zip</a></li>
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<li>You still love playing on your mat and your favorite toy is the stand up activity center that my friend Jen bought you. </li>
<li>You have 4 teeth, your two bottom and 2 on the right side; one top, one bottom</li>
<li>You have eaten out with us more times than I can count, ok like almost nightly and you seem to love that. </li>
<li>Your personality has stayed pretty true to day 1... you are happy most of the time but you have a short fuse that seems to ignite your whole body when you are not happy. Momma gonna need some stronger heart muscles for disciplining.</li>
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You were 15.5#s at 8 months so I'm looking forward to seeing where you are now and prayers for those shots to continue to go well. </div>
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Happy 9 mo baby girl. </div>
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Love you to the moon.</div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-30740615193242007582015-08-15T10:12:00.002-04:002015-08-18T08:22:29.119-04:00Perfect Weight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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New bedspread.<br />
You can't tell from the pic of course, but underneath that lies the sheet with a white blanket on top and then a gray one on top of that. On my side only, b/c C would never want that many covers. And I don't have them for warmth - in fact I've tried to go without the top gray blanket but I just don't sleep - until I get up, put it back on and something about the weight of all 3 coverings blankets me with just the perfect weight that seems to settle me right into sleep.<br />
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That gray blanket.<br />
Last Friday was a date nite for C and me.<br />
Our first since Ms. Joy of My Life came on the scene.<br />
(Her last nite b/f bed, can't help myself!)<br />
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Right before we left, C went in and grabbed the gray blanket out from under the bedspread. We were going to a concert on a lawn and he remembered we'd need it to sit on. <br />
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One day this week as I was making the bed, truly a rare occurrence! - I noticed a few pieces of grass on the blanket still. And something else you could never know from a picture is how those pieces reminded me of what an awful nite we had. It started off great w/ dinner and then went south trying to park. Who knew parking could be so dangerous. By the time we got to the concert lawn, C pitched the blanket solo and I went to the lovelee port-a-john, glad to be by myself. f.u.n. people, f.u.n.<br />
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Before going back, I went to get myself a drink and felt badly not bringing one back for C - so got him one too, that matched with the fact that a friend of his was at our blanket chatting - helped transition us a bit. <br />
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His friend was someone I knew only by name but had never seen before and he hung out with us until he and his little boy left the concert. I learned he was divorced just last year. And after he'd seen me walk up to the blanket with drinks in hand and the atmosphere now lighter, he too would of had no idea our last 15 minutes were hell. <br />
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And that is the thing with marriage - anyone can present it "all made up" - you know bed made and looks tidy. Chad asked his friend what happened and his response... "Oh we were great in a crowd... but it wasn't great when it was just the two of us." He shared very little really and what he did only left me with the premonition that he knew he was hard to get along with sometimes and that he still loved his ex-wife. <br />
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Life underneath the covers is not always easy. And I've wanted to rip the weight of it off more times than I'd want anyone to know. But I have a gut feeling, if the covers of what marriage entails were ripped off, in parts or in whole, I'd be restless b/c the weight of it all, the beautiful and the gut-wrenchingly hard, all add up to the perfect weight for me. <br />
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I have a soft place for married people and even softer for divorced ones. Come sweet Loving Lord and be with us all as we walk out the journey you've set before us... help us find you in it and help us... right where we are.Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-21879474276600516092015-08-01T20:36:00.000-04:002015-08-01T20:53:09.649-04:00Pics and more pics!hj went in for the 6 mo apt and was 12# 1 oz - dr thought wasn't getting enough food :*(<br />
which started me on a transition from breastfeeding to formula and i think this weekend will close out the breastfeeding... oh sweet girl you pull at me nine thousand ways of glorious hormonal-ness<br />
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her last weekend - checking out her Uncle Kurt</div>
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she was out in 2 secs, big prayers it stays that way til 6 am!</div>
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beside me so sweetly, you appeared</div>
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our eyes were the oldest of friends</div>
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as the gaze calmed me</div>
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our hands slipped together into one</div>
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then behind me you stood</div>
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and peace like a flood hung all around me</div>
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can you stay longer next time?</div>
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til next sleep sweet angel</div>
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surprise me with something sweet</div>
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visiting Grandma and Papaw 6.14.15</div>
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road trippin' to michigan 7.3.15</div>
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these first 6 months have had two distinct times where things just started flowing better</div>
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@ 5 months, the sleep - hallelujah! </div>
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happy 6 mo, bunk... momma loves you </div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-24466253718497261112015-06-20T10:04:00.001-04:002015-06-20T10:08:01.926-04:00Little Lightmaybe it is b/c the summer before her arrival was 14 yrs married w/o children<br />
and after <a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Berlin-Kitchen-Story-Recipes/dp/1469236400">reading this book</a>, no it was a surprise occurrence while reading a paragraph in the book<br />
me on our front porch<br />
where a switch flipped and i could not see my life without a baby<br />
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i couldn't see another 14 yrs of marriage without one<br />
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and now<br />
now that she is here<br />
it is dreamlike, which is seriously most likely the fog from lack of sleep and good nutrition that has erupted my being since her arrival, but i relish in the newness of being a mom even though it still feels surreal - i have a daughter?<br />
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though hard like i've never felt before, maybe because i long for a life of love for her and at the same time have no clue what i'm doing - or when i'm at loss for how to fix the tears despite a heart that can't stand to see her hurt, oh this empties me in a purposeful way<br />
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but had so many years of life without the love of Ms. Halle June not gone before<br />
maybe the hardness of it all would have overwhelmed me<br />
maybe her smile wouldn't seriously make any of my gray skies bright blue<br />
maybe the light that is her arrival wouldn't of had such a dark hole to light up<br />
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yes, i think that is it<br />
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<i>to the momma who knew this post was coming - maybe God didn't gift you with 14 years of life prior to your babies, maybe your married time was short before your little loves arrived... take it from a girl who could do her wants freely for far too long - the life you have with the babes while restrictive in ways, is heaven sent - it is a miracle called love and the only thing that is going to remain once all else fails... you don't see yourself as others do, so full of joy and happy and pouring into them exactly what God intends, despite any shortcomings - silence the enemy who you let speak over you way too loudly - and listen sister, i'm preaching to myself that one - he is defeated but still ruthless</i><br />
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My little game changer is 5 months old today.</div>
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My Aunt Dana's wedding was Halle's first one! </div>
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Here she is w/ me and the Bride!</div>
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-33216248357607625852015-06-06T07:10:00.000-04:002015-06-06T07:10:28.432-04:00Dear Dana...<div class="vk_ans" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif-light, sans-serif; font-size: xx-large !important; font-weight: lighter !important; margin-bottom: 0px;">
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<span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">This is how google defines it, but I'm lucky to have a much fuller definition of <i>Aunt</i> that you have exemplified for me my entire life.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">As you walk down the aisle today, I pray you feel love. Not just by the man waiting at the end... but by so many that have walked life with you up to this point. People present and those afar who are blessed to love and be loved by you. </span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">I remember the first time I saw your Mr! We were in NB and I was walking from the beach back to the condo and our paths crossed. Seeing you hand in hand with him, my instantaneous heartbeat was... let him be good enough for her. (No offense to him!)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">I don't recall a time, in the bazillion that I've been to your home, Summerfield through Jessica... that it wasn't clean. And you cook, I mean enough said for me right there! </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">I have many strands of love that run through me, and one of them has your name on it. It is a strong and beautiful one that has the power to crush should it ever go missing. Oh that's how you know it is love. It has to be forever... and the Aunt-Niece bond between us must be eternal. </span><br />
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Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-48019437951394285872015-05-29T22:05:00.001-04:002015-07-09T12:26:03.776-04:00Nite<div style="text-align: center;">
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Driving home</div>
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Your moonlight shown</div>
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<br />Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16505893973885343135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795647254952504438.post-77895866964132393312015-05-09T15:13:00.000-04:002015-05-09T15:22:06.663-04:00Mother's Day 2014I was sitting in my office when my phone rang.<br />
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I will always remember that woman on the other end, her name was <span style="color: #e06666;"><i>Joy</i></span> and she proceeded at about 8:30 in the morning on that Sunday to tell me that 5 of the 6 embryo eggs had fertilized! I honestly think from the moment I heard her say her name the way she did, "Shannon, this is Joy," I felt in my gut, we were going to have a baby. It was Mother's Day that morning, and the timing of that didn't sink in until shortly after the phone call. It will be a hard Mother's day to beat. <br />
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May 11, 2014 Joy called</div>
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Jan. 9, 2015 Joy has a name...</div>
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This gift, Lord, fills me with unexplainables and scares me. You knew it would be that way. And the things I've prayed about these last 4 months... so different than what I'm used to... from help her poo! to tears when no milk would come, to strength to cover tiredness, so many for my body too and Lord I'm so grateful that we are 4 months in and I've been able to physical care for Halle every day! Thank you for turning my mourning into gladness with her in ways I never could have dreamed. It hasn't been a fast thing, but solid as a rock it is, I can feel her existence working in deep corners of me, bringing joy, bringing healing. </div>
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Some of my favorite things have been the surprising sense of love I felt when my hand touched your toosh as I held you fresh from the womb. It was the softest most precious moment. Another surprise is holding you every moment since... you've never been one to just fall into my arms, you are always a bit on guard, looking around at your surroundings... unless you've just eaten or sometimes you've just woken up, then you settle in a bit more, and will rest on me. </div>
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Sometimes, like just now, before I came out to write, you were almost asleep in your crib but your eyes were still open and you have this look that shouts wisdom to me, or no fluff, I don't know what it is, excited to be the one to see what that turns into. If these 4 months with you are any indication, you'll grow into a strong, independent but joy giving woman. No doubt at all that your smile will always melt my heart. I pray God lets me mother you and then be your best friend for many years... best gift ever will be watching you be all he created you to be. </div>
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Born on her Mimi Patti's birthday!</div>
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5 months and 1 day younger than her cousin above, Owen Edward</div>
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Her cousin Emily Grace was born 22 days before her.</div>
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Her cousin Ella Reese was born 11 days before her, making these</div>
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3 girls exactly 11 days apart from each other, love God's timing!</div>
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Yesterday was her 15 wk birthday... </div>
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Halle was a name I'd seen on a genealogy tree my mom did that hung in our basement... over the years, i forgot which side of the family but knew that name was in our family lineage... and also loved how the word Hallelujah started with those letters. <br />
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Another special thing about Halle is it is a diminutive of Harriet which is Chad's maternal grandma's name. <br />
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I've shared the story about Chad's grandfather talking to us about having children on here before. (<a href="http://untildarknessislight.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-jewel.html">Here is the link to that post</a>.) Chad and I had talked early on in the pregnancy about using Don's wife June's name as a middle name if we had a girl. We knew God used Don to bring us down this road at this exact time and wanted to honor him. Chad never met his Grandma June because she passed young but we knew Don loved her very much.</div>
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What is truly heaven-sent about how Halle June came to be the name was just 11 days before she arrived my brother and sister-in-law had their baby girl and named her Ella Reese. Do you know what Chad's girl name had been since day one of our pregnancy? Reese June. (We didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl and also didn't share our names.) I didn't have a girl name I just loved and Chad's adoration for Reese rubbed off on me. For about the last couple months of our pregnancy I thought if this was a girl she was Reese June... as the time drew closer we wavered on either Reese June or Reese Brighton... I liked Brighton b/c it sounded best I thought with a 2 syllable middle name... but did love using the family middle name June for all the above mentioned reasons. </div>
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What is funny about the story is as of Christmas day, Kurt and Lorie had their first name but didn't have a middle name yet. Just a few days before she arrived, they saw a commercial or movie with Reese Witherspoon and Kurt asked Lorie if she liked that w/ Ella and she did. Now you tell me, what are the odds? </div>
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After hearing their name, one of my first initial thoughts was... "Well, we must be having a boy!" Then I thought it would be pretty special for them to have the name in common and we'd still use Reese. But over the next 11 days, C and I began talking about other names. </div>
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It was at our 37 wk apt... C and I were in the room waiting on the dr. to come in and he said, "How about Halle June for a girl and Micah Cash for a boy." I said I liked both and he said, "No, I'm serious... let's seal it," and we kissed on it. </div>
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(Micah was a name I'd like for a boy since 2005 and meant "Who is like our God"... Cash because we were cashing in on God's promise... we would have called him Cash.)</div>
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I got home and wrote both names and date in the book I'd been recording in. </div>
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I learned it was my dad's grandmother whose name was Halle, but she spelled it Hallie.</div>
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You are 3 months old today baby girl. </div>
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God knew he was sending us Halle June.</div>
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It is perfect... and in my eyes... so is everything about you.</div>
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My dad's paternal grandma, Hallie:</div>
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With not knowing whether we were having a boy or a girl, the word Baby got used a lot! And about half way through the pregnancy, one morning in the shower... the word baby just became an acronym in my mind that meant... "Be Amazed By Yahweh." </div>
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And amazed we were. He gave us a girl. I really wanted another feminine presence in our home. I grew up with a lot of boys around me and have always seen myself more easily mothering a boy... but deep down my heart longed for a girl - yet all during the pregnancy felt that a girl would be the biggest surprise. And it was... 8 wks into being her mom and I've still had moments where I cannot believe I have a daughter. </div>
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When our marriage unraveled, God uniquely brought me across the path of a friend who was also losing her marriage. The paths he had us walk through ended very differently in that my marriage remained and hers ended. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">It's the perfect word for the matriarch of my family. She is beautifully all those things - even if she doesn't always see it or believe it. Her life has many markers of sheer womanhood chalked full in my memories of stoic bravery, raw resilience, quiet perseverance and hardiness.</span><br />
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1.9.15 was our 37 wk mark and we had a dr. visit that morning... I went in and wasn't checked b/c the dr. asked me if I felt anything moving or happening. I said besides the back pain I'd been having I thought the baby was comfy cozy. She didn't want to check my cervix b/c she said often times it can cause bleeding and then you think something is happening and it isn't so we left it to check me at 38 wks. <br />
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One of the things I remembered from our birthing class was to record the time if you thought your water broke... I turned and the clock said 9:30 on the dot. I got up and called the on call dr. I told her I thought my water broke and that I was also bleeding. She didn't seem too thrilled with me honestly and told me to try and get some sleep and if the bleeding got bad enough to soak through a pad then to call her back. </div>
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I called Chad up from downstairs and told him what happened. We were both laying in bed and he started reading the definition of a contraction. Goofy I know, but as he read it, "The uterus will harden and you'll feel a lot of pressure in your lower abdomen..." I literally felt that happening and told him, "I am having contractions!" We timed the next one and the clock said 10:19 - it went for 70 secs... then the next one came at 10:20 - it went for 40 secs. I felt another thing of water come and with that came more blood. I told Chad we'd better go in to the hopsital, even if this was a false alarm, I didn't think this blood was normal. </div>
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Luckily we had our bag packed... I just had a list of last minute things to throw in and we did that and got in the car. The contractions continued about 1 min apart all the way in... at the check in, they escalated and by the time we got up to the first room we were in, I had one contraction and I felt the baby move down into the birth canal! My pain went to a 40! I told the nurse, who was having trouble getting the bed down for me to get in it... "I need to get to the room where I can have this baby." </div>
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Chad was actually on the phone w/ my parents. I had told him not to call them b/c it was 11pm at this point and I didn't want them driving 2.5 hrs for a false alarm but he didn't listen. When that birth canal contraction happened he was still on the phone w/ them and I told him, "This is happening, tell them it's ok to come!" </div>
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Chad just lifted me up on the bed b/c the nurse just couldn't get the bed to come down and they wheeled me into the labor room. A second nurse, thank the good Lord, came in who was a lot more confident and she said she was going to check me. I was dreading each contraction at this point, making sounds I'd never heard come out of my mouth before and asking Jesus to "let it come out!" The hospital was stone quiet and I'm curious if I scared a few people! </div>
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After checking, the nurse looked at me and said, "The dr. will be here in 10 min if you can wait, but the head is right there, so if you want to push, you can." No question what we did! After a couple contractions with 3-4 pushes on each one... at 11:29 pm the baby came out! Hallelujah! </div>
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Just earlier that day, at the 37 wk apt... Chad and I had finally sealed our name choices and as the nurse told us it was a girl, I looked at him wondering if we were going to really stick with our sealed choice from just that morning. The nurse asked what her name was and without hesitation, Chad said, "Halle June." </div>
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