Talk About Tuesday - Remembering...

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When I was in grade 11, our school was struck by not one, but two tragic events. Just nine days apart, two of our classmates were killed in separate car accidents. The first one happened on April 10th, 1993, which was over the Easter Long Weekend that year. The second one happened on April 19th, 1993.

The deaths of these two young girls, both aged 16, had a profound effect on many of the students in our school. Most of the kids had never really experience death before, and certainly not of someone close to our age. It has been 15 years and I still have not forgotten. I feel that I will never forget, for which I am glad, because these girls deserve to be remembered.

Recently, I have learned that the mother of one of the girls has written a book about her journey towards healing. I am in the process of trying to find out where I can get a copy to read. Maybe someday, my own journey will lead towards healing.

B & S, you'll never be forgotten.

Talk About Tuesday January 22/08

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About the only good thing that came out of the car accident is THIS:



(if you don't know the story behind the car accident, click here and here)

Yup, we got a new van!! I love it so far! It's nice and roomy and the mirrors are so big and makes it easy for me to see what I'm doing when I need to back up or switch lanes. I feel so much safer already and I've only had it for a few days. My favorite feature so far?? The remote starter!

I will miss my car though. It was my first-ever car! But the van... love the van!!

Talk about Tuesday - Christmas Ornament

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I have been wanting to talk about this for a couple months now! I haven't, only because a couple of my readers were getting these ornaments for Christmas from me.

I always make ornaments to honor my daughter and I make them for a few fellow angel moms that I know. This is the ornament I made this year:



I used pink ribbon for girls, blue for boys, yellow for unknown genders. I also made a couple other colors for those who had more than one loss. Anyway, it was a pretty simple ornament to make, but when you make several of them, it can be time consuming! However, I think it was worth it in the end.

Tuesday Memes

Thought I would "tackle" both memes in one post today, simply because I'm too exhausted to do two.

The last couple weeks have been pretty busy. I have been tackling alot! I have been making Christmas gifts for some family and friends. I'd post a picture except that a couple of my regular readers are receiving these gifts! ;) So you'll have to wait until after the holidays to see photos!

I also have been writing out Christmas cards. It made me question why I agreed to join a card swap with some fellow angel moms I know! Ack! All in all, between these cards, the cards I send out to my friends and family as well as a few parcels, I think we spent about $100 just on shipping! I am not sure if I will join the card swap next year, just for that reason. But how nice it is to receive a card that has my daughter's name on it!

In addition to this, a couple moms I know have recently had babies and so I've been getting their baby gifts ready and not to mention looking for Christmas gifts, wrapping them, and Christmas baking as well.

There's a big part of me that will be glad when the holidays are all over! So far, I have made a few batches of nuts & bolts, a batch of ginger pennies, and I just finished making my first batch of peanut butter bars. I'll make a second batch tomorrow, I think. My husband actually made a couple batches of shortbread cookies too. Hopefully, we won't eat them all before Christmas! I'll probably post photos when I do my Christmas post.

I still need to get a few more stocking stuffers and another smallish gift for my husband, but I don't know what to get! He always says "We're not buying much this year" and then he goes and buys way more than I do! Well, excuse me, my mistake, some of the gifts under the tree are from Santa and some are from "the Christmas elves" *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge* (I didn't even know elves gave presents, I thought they just made them!)

It's going to be a long week though, as I agreed to work on Saturday, Dec. 22nd so I could get the 24th off. As much as I really do not want to work a 6 day week, I really rather have the 24th off! Hopefully, I'll still have time to TACKLE everything else on my to-do list without ending up on Santa's Naughty List when I get frustrated at the overload!

When did I get so old? (A 3-in-1 post!)

It's my birthday! Not that that's anything to get all excited about. Woke up this morning to yet another dumping of snow. It's only the beginning of December and the first "real" snowfall was only a couple weeks ago, yet there's more than enough snow. The worst part is that there's bound to be more since our winters tend to last from October - April.

But anyway, look what the hubby got me for my birthday!



It's an Angel Cheek. He has bought me several of them since our daughter died, but I am quite certain this one is my favorite one (in addition to the refrigerator magnet Angel Cheek) Isn't it adorable? I just love the baby angel!



Some of my regular readers may remember this post. Last week, my husband had the week off (lucky duck) and so he was home with Emma most of it. He left her alone and outside the kennel twice during this time but for only 20 min. She did well, but yet, I worried. Twenty minutes isn't really that long, compared to the 5 - 6 hrs she would be alone on a normal work day.

Bear went back to work very early this morning (Started at 4:30 AM) and so when I left to go to work, I was very nervous about leaving Emma outside the kennel on her own for most of the day, and not confined to the kitchen or other room. (which is what we did at first til she ate through the baby gate) I worried all day, but everything turned out fine. Emma was a good girl all day! Yay! I'm so proud of her! I hope that this means we won't ever have to worry about leaving her home alone and that she can have some freedom within the house while we're away. I think we'll all be happier for it.



Today the Salvation Army pick up service came and picked up 3 boxes and 2 bags of things we purged from our basement! I didn't think to take a picture of it outside waiting, but you can see the pictures of my purge pile in this post!

I feel so good about getting so much out of my house. I look forward to tackling more around my house! (But not tonight.... haha)

Talk about Tuesday

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I have a fair bit to talk about today, since I missed last week's TAT and I have some new things to talk about today.

A Thank You

First, I would like to thank everyone for their condolences on the loss of our family dog Scottie. The last time I saw him, he had lost a fair bit of weight and was walking kind of oddly. I knew it might be one of the last times I saw him and I took some photos. It was difficult to take the photos because he kept moving, but I think I got one or two. I'll have to find them so I can send them to mom.

The Day That Never Came...

Today is the second anniversary of what was my due date. When a baby is born, a due date becomes kind of a forgotten fact, as focus shifts to the day the baby was actually born. However, when a baby dies before it is born (as my daughter did at 26 weeks gestation) or when a baby is severely premature, the due date becomes embedded in the parents minds, especially the mother. It is a painful day for me, a painful week, because I know I should be celebrating my daughter's second birthday right about now.

Walk to Remember

On October 20th, the first annual Walk to Remember was held in our town. I am particularly excited about this because I was one of the organizers and we had a pretty decent turn out for the first year (approx. 25 people). The Walk to Remember was organized in conjunction with Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day (Oct. 15th). Here in Canada, it is not yet officially recognized except in New Brunswick, but with more awareness it will eventually be recognized throughout the nation.

Happy Birthday

my brother's 1st bday (1979)

My brother is 29 yrs old today. I know I'm having trouble believing it because, well, he's supposed to be 3 yrs younger than me and *I* am 29... (nearly x 3).

Happy Birthday to my brother.