Family Life – Page 347 – Journaling Back to Joy

17Aug 2010

Repost: Blanket of Grief

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I wrote this in 2003 after Joshua died.Â At times I still feel this way but, praise the Lord, it’s less common than normal.

Blanket of Grief

Copyright, Amy Osborn

I can feel the blanket covering meâ€¦

it affects everything I hearâ€¦

everything I sayâ€¦

everything I see.

The blanket makes it hard

for me to enjoy lifeâ€¦

hard for me to careâ€¦

hard to do the simplest things.

There are times I feel that

I will be able to get out

from under the blanket,

but then I realize there

are times I donâ€™t want to.

Somedays itâ€™s too hard

to go onâ€¦

to enjoy lifeâ€¦

to care.

Those days I pull

my blanket over my head

and let the tears flow.

This is one of those days.

16Aug 2010

First day of school celebrations pictures

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J2 chose Chinese for his back to school lunch (that’s my boy!!):

12Aug 2010

Playdough Time @ Aunt Christy’s (video)

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11Aug 2010

Our summer ended early as J3 and Hubs are back to school today!Â Here is J3’s first day of school picture for his 4th grade year – Daddy is his teacher!! I think they are both looking forward to this!

But last weekend, we went on one last get-away.Â We went up to my brother and sister-in-law’s home and hung out with them.Â Here are some pics from our time together:

Sissy & K2 cuddling with Grammy

K3 learned how to point – but seems to only be able to point sideways!Â (Sorry Momma I can’t figure out how to crop my photos – and you look pretty cute here! 😉

K3 cuddling with Grammy

Fans of the television show Chuck will recognize this!Â The boys were totally excited about this big container of cheese balls.Â It might look like Sissy is excited but if you click on this to make it bigger you will see she is just trying to get her Paci back from Daddy! lol

Before I left Christy and I made whole wheat cinnamon rolls – SO good!! I love visiting with Christy – she always teaches me something new!Â It was a great way to end our vacation!