Recent Posts Tagged With 'kindness'

• "Look for the signs. They are everywhere!"

  Posted on Tuesday January 5th, 2010 at 22:39 in kindness, hope, anger, cemetery, bereaved parent, infant loss, random mutterings, child loss, everything happens for a reason, writing through grief, messages and signs

  Today I went for a visit to Peyton's grave. It was about 2PM and my buddy Guerwyn (the 83 year old who I see up at the cemetery) brought some very sad news. Our other cemetery friend, a guy named Mike who was wheelchair bound after a construction acc...

• Thank you ANGIE at Still Life with Circles

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 19:09 in kindness, doing good in her name

  Just a quick note here. I wanted to send out a huge Thank You to Angie for the beautiful donations she sent to Doing Good In Her Name. Check them out here. Angie, your generosity humbles me, and has touched my heart. I am so grateful. Thank you!...

• Christmas Comes Early This Year

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 17:17 in kindness

  Hi All!I just learned about a 5 year old boy named Noah Biorkman who is in the last stages of a 2 year battle with Neuroblastoma Cancer. His family is celebrating Christmas next week and Noahs request is to get lots of Christmas cards.Please let's ma...

• A Beautiful Gift. Mel\'s 77th Show & Tell

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 19:20 in kindness, mels show and tell

  I have been in a sort of weird place these last few days, doing most of my writing in poetry form on various scraps of paper and in my journals, so I haven't been blogging as much as usual. I know I am a little late on posting, but I wanted to still ...

• Compassion. Mel\'s 76th Show & Tell

  Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 14:29 in kindness, mels show and tell, peytons birthday

  I am fortunate. Even through this loss, I have reminded myself of this each day. I have a husband, family, and a group of close friends who don't always "get" what I am going through, but love me regardless. I have an excellent therapist that special...

• Wings

  Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 11:57 in poetry, kindness, thank you

  I search for beauty among these terrible things today I find it picturing my child in her angel wingsimagining her sweet giggle as she flies abovewatching over us, spreading her loveThough my faith has been tested by her deathsometimes it helps me ...

• Kindness Grows Here & In Rory\'s Garden - Mel\'s 75th Show & Tell

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 20:29 in kindness, mels show and tell, rory's garden

  How far that little candle throws his beams!So shines a good deed in a naughty world.~William Shakespeare, Merchant of VeniceI have received so many amazing messages of support through this community since my craptastic visit to the Doctor on Mo...

• Mel's Show and Tell #64 Kindness

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 20:16 in kindness, show and tell

  This week, for show and tell, I am focusing on kindness. Losing Peyton has been the most painful and difficult experience of my life. There are days that are searing and unrelenting in their hurt, and this week proved to be an exceptionally difficult...