Archive for February, 2010


Running Away

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

Dear Bess,
For so long I have run away from the silence at top speed. I have filled my life with more than it could take, in an effort to escape being alone with my own thoughts. I see that now. In the beginning, when I bought a house, I decided fixing it [...]


Fatherhood Blog

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Here is a new blog that was recently started by this site’s admin, my husband.  It will be about fatherhood and his experience as he tries to raise a well adjusted, happy and healthy girl.  It will be honest and as raw as possible. Best of luck to him.
Love Forever, Daddy


A Treasure Within the Silence

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Dear Tara,
When I moved down to Georgia, I left everyone and everything I knew behind. It was something I had to do, regardless of how I felt about it.  It was what was best for me and Don.  But I thought it was going to be the hardest thing I would ever have to do.  [...]


To Be Alone

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Dear Bess,
When I think about those months that I felt distant, I tell myself that I am thankful for the perspective that they gave me. If not for that experience, I would not feel as poignantly the intense impact you have in my life. And I would perhaps not have the utter resolve [...]


Stand still and just be….

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Dear Tara,
I took a long walk today.  It was quiet all but the sounds of nature…the birds, the breeze, the water in a running stream.  I thought of you.  I thought of how you must be struggling.  It hurts to think that what I knew was true had happened…you pulled away again.  You missed those [...]

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