HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

And to my son & daughter. The best Birthday gifts I ever received.

I Can Still Feel Him in My Arms

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

is observed by lighting candles on October 15 at 7:00 p.m.

to honor and remember our children.

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I have felt that I didn't quite fit in this day because

I had not given birth to the infant I lost,

but God surely gave this baby to me.

My first child was not mine but I named him and I loved him.

Spencer was our first foster child.

He was brought straight from the hospital to our arms.

He was beautiful and no one knew at the time

that he had a heart murmur and cystic fibrosis.

His funeral was just 3 months later, on Christmas Eve .

It was a long time ago and yet, I can still feel him in my arms.

You never get over it, but

with God you get through it.

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Today my daughter lit 4 candles and my heart breaks for her.

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"..I knew you before I formed you in your mothers womb.."

Jeremiah 1:5

Toddlers, Tiaras & Swimsuits in Vegas

Am I just jaded from years of advocating for abused children in court and reading heartbreaking case files? I mean, is it just me? Or do others see the incongruity of little girls in two piece swim suits parading (or gyrating as a TV commentator remarked) their bodies in Vegas? Not to mention exposing your child on national television? What are these parents thinking?

What I am thinking is that every pedophile in America is TiVo-ing this program.

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"For wisdom is better than rubies,

And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her."

Proverbs 8:11

My LEGACY

"Let each of you look out not only for his own interests,
but also for the interests of others."
Phillippians 2:4 NKJV

Today my daughter completed training

to serve as a volunteer guardian ad litem

to represent abused and neglected children.
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Because I have served in the same capacity for twenty three years,

I am thrilled
that she has chosen to follow in my footsteps.
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Actually she will be walking in her own steps,

but it does feel good to think that I
may have had some influence on her decision.

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She is a big part of my legacy.

I won't embarress her by saying I am proud of her.

She can be pleased with herself;

while yet remaining humble, of course.

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Iay may oudpray ofay ouyay, earday!

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