This week I have taken four of the kids shopping and I will have to say….. I got taken. 🙂 This little fast talking cute as a button 12 year old took me to the cleaners and was still trying to take me back for a return visit as we were walking out the door. The other kid with us was quick to pick out his pair of shoes and within 15 minutes had his shoes boxed up and ready […]
Today we received a donation in memory of Justin “JB” Blanks from Robin Long Harshbarger. It saddened me that another young life had been taken. The past 12 months have been very hard for too many families that have lost children at too young of an age. As we near the one year “anniversary” of Christian’s death another family starts their own walk of “firsts”. I would like to share with them the one sentence that has comforted me at […]
Sometimes we get so caught up in our own “mission” that we forget we are only one in a group of many that have lost a child. We forget that our daughter is not the only child who has lost a sibling at too young of an age. We forget others in our quest to not forget our own. Because every parent’s worst fear who has lost a child is that they will forget…. that they will not spend enough […]
There were many things Christian talked about having tattoed on his body just to give his mother some grey hair and something to fuss about, but one thing he never mentioned was “Carpe Diem” and that would have been some of the most appropriate words he could have permanently inked on his skin. Christian woke up in the mornings looking for a way to wring some more life out of each day. I would wake up some mornings and he […]
Due to the generosity of so many people we were able to take several more kids shopping for shoes. It was their early Christmas presents. One of the boys said “I had shoes on my wish list but just mark that off the list now Mrs. Rae.” They were all very appreciative and I told each of them that their shopping trip was possible due to people supporting the mission of Magnolia Son. I do not think Magnolia Son supporters […]
I have been slow to post video and pictures that were taken the night of Christian’s birthday. It was a special night with a lot of laughter, good music and a few tears. Stories were told and new memories made. Our Spaghetti Thursday group grew by one as we welcomed Morgan Barber into the fold. 🙂 She did a great job of videoing the wishing lanterns and made Timmy sing Wagon Wheel about four times before she decided she had […]
