Angel Moms will mark it's 5th anniversary on the January 16th. We have come a long way in these five years and have reached out to a lot of moms. We look forward to another year.
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Our Featured Mom for the month of January is Robin Faust
First off I want to say that I feel truly honored to be chosen Angel Mom for the month of January.
I know there is so many more deserving moms than me. I haven't been responding to much in Angel
Moms the last several months, due to alot of things going on. But hopefully I will get to know you all. My name is Robin, I'm from Youngstown, Ohio. I'm 46 years old and a mother of three beautiful children. Sadly two of them are God's Angels. My first born was my son Shaun William, he was born November 22, 1979. He was the first Thanksgiving baby that year, he was my heart and soul. Then on December 1, 1982 I had my beautiful daughter Kristi Leigh. Their father left before Kristi was born and moved to Arizonia. Shaun and Kristi were my life.
I married my husband Tom in 1984. I became pregnant with my third child, my Angel Angela Marie. Angela was born one month early on January 9th 1985 to anachepholy only weighing 2 lbs. 5 ozs. They had to do an emergency c-section, she only lived 45 mins. I never got to see her, hold her, or even go to her funeral. I was devastated, I felt so empty. It was so hard going home with empty arms and an empty heart. I felt my precious baby girl move, I heard her heartbeat. I carried her for 8 months, now I carry her forever in my heart. People tell you to move on get over it. It is hard to get over A CHILD YOU LOSE, A CHILD YOU LOVE. Weather I seen her or held in my arms, she is still in my heart. I wonder who she would look like, what she would be doing or who she would be. Being picked for January is special because Angela will be 21.
After Angela died I wrapped myself into my other two children. Football games, cheerleading, dance lessons, bowling leagues, camping. Everything I did, I did for them.
Then on March 21, 2004, my world was once again changed forever, my beloved Shaun was walking home with a friend when a young man (we believe deliberately drove towards his friend) drove off the road and instead hit my Shaun, dragging him 150 feet, then drove off. He has told lots of people that Shaun was just in the way. He has changed my world and my daughters. We have been having our problems because of the devastation he has brought to our lives. My daughter has three children Kaitlyn 4, Gage 3 and Savannah 2, who will never get to know their Uncle Shaun as we know him. Now I live for my daughter and my grandbabies.
I found Angel Moms in June or July of 2004, I don't even remember how. I believe Shaun brought me here. I got through most of the year with help from this wonderful group of Angel Moms that have endured the pain we all have to live the rest of our lives. And through doing Shaun's website. I also met some of them at the 2005 retreat. What a wonderful and awesome experience. I hope to go each year possible.
I can't wait till I see both my Angels again and hold them both in my arms. I love all you guys.
Angel Mom Robin
Shaun's Page
God Bless The Grieving Mother
God bless the grieving mother...
In January as the snow flakes fall...
And as a new year dawns...
For her memories will comfort her...
Through winter, spring, summer, and fall.
God bless the grieving mother...
In February during the month of love...
She sends her hugs..on the wings of a dove...
And her kisses are blown to the moon above.
God bless the grieving mother...
In March and on St Patricks Day...
A beautiful rainbow...a symbol of hope...
Which colors her world..in a magical way.
God bless the grieving mother...
On Easter In April as she stops to pray...
Thanking God for the gift of everlasting life...
Knowing she will be reunited someday.
God bless the grieving mother...
On Mothers Day and thru the month of May...
Whose memories are like threads of gold...
For they will never tarnish....or go away.
God bless the Grieving mother...
In June as her tears fall like the rain...
Please comfort her...and give her strength
and peaceful days to help ease the pain.
God bless the grieving mother...
In July as the fireworks light up the sky afar...
Just like her memories light up her heart...
And she wishes upon an evening star.
God bless the grieving mother...
In August...as the sun shines through...
Who's life moves on...thru ups and downs..
Whose heart is so tender and true.
God bless the grieving mother...
In September as the leaves turn and fall...
Her childs life forever etched in her heart..
Her childs name entered on the memorial wall.
God bless the grieving mother...
In October...with the harvest colors all around....
Please guide her on her journey of grief...
and keep her safe and sound.
God bless the grieving mother...
In November...a time to give thanks and pray...
Who is so thankful for each precious memory..
But wishes with all her heart...just for one more day
God bless the grieving mother...
In December as Christmas nears...
Please bless her with the gift of peace...
And many great friends to help dry her tears.
God bless the grieving mother...
Each day throughout the year...
As seasons come and go...
And time unfolds...
Day by day...
Month by month...
Year by year...
and especially today...on this Mother's day.
Copyright © April 2001 Written by :
Laura/Heavenly Lights Childrens Memorial
Do not use in any form without permission.
This includes message boards and email.
All rights reserved. Thank you!
www.heavenlylights.homestead.com
Here we are, another new year. While others celebrate, some don't have the heart to. I remember my first New Year's without Shane, it was only two months after he left this earth. I had a real hard time with the fact that the year was changing from 1997 to 1998. I didn't want to let go of 1997, I still had Shane then, it was a year he had lived in. I felt like by moving into 1998 I was leaving Shane behind.
I didn't want to hear the words Happy New Year, happy wasn't a word I could even think of. I also knew with a new year coming, I was facing more "firsts" without Shane, the first Valentine's Day, first Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, his little girls turning one and eventually....the first anniversary.
The days leading up to New Years brought a lot of tears, denial and depression and honestly, I was scared, could I go into a new year without Shane. But as we know, time will not stand still for us, the world keeps going and things keep changing. On New Years Eve, I found myself stitting by a bon fire at my sister in law's house, just a few seconds before the stroke of midnight, as we were leaving 1997, I heard someone yell "it's snowing!" I looked up into the sky and it was beautiful, the white flakes against the dark sky with stars twinkling in the background, we all watched in awe and quietly slipped into 1998. My husband and daughters came to me and we all put our arms around each other and thought of Shane. We thought of it as a beautiful gift from Shane because it never snows where we live in Louisiana......
I know some of you right now are in the same place I was then and you are facing a lot of firsts. You'll get through them one at a time and even though they are painful, there will be some good firsts too, like the first time you think of your child and the memories bring a smile instead of tears, the first time you laugh and really mean it. The year will be filled with a lot of ups and downs, find something special and hold it close to you, a memory, a blanket, a teddy bear, something that brings you comfort, for me it was snow.......
Wishing you all a peaceful New Year
Judi-Mom to Angel Shane
Happy 2006 to everyone! I can’t say I’m sad to see 2005 go. What a year it has been, a year I never thought I could live through. In one week I will see the first anniversary of Zackary’s angel day. I look back to a year ago and see how far I have come, and how far I still have to go. I feel so much older now, and wiser in a way I never wanted to be. Each New Years I try to take stock of the previous year, go over the memories, review what I have learned, and see what needs improvement. Then I can look ahead to the coming year and try to just do the best that I can with what I have. This year I am looking at things so much differently, and it’s hard to know where to begin in this time of supposed new beginnings. But I will always look back on the past year as one that gave me more love than at any other time in my life. Love from my angel Zackary, love from my husband and surviving boys Nickolas and Christian, from all of my family, from my friends, many of whom would not have been my friend had it not been for Zackary, love from the nurses and doctors who worked so hard to save him, love from all of you Angel Moms. When it comes down to it, love is the most important thing to look at as we go back over the last year, and we can take that love with us as we keep on walking this path. Together.
I wish for everyone a blessed and peaceful New Year.
Hugs,
Krista, mom to Angel Zackary
Seasons Of Love
By Jonathan Larson
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.
How do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights? In sunsets? In midnights? In cups of coffee?
In inches? In miles? In laughter? In strife?
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.
How do you measure a year in the life?
How about love? Measure in Love.
Seasons of love.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?
In the truths that she learned, or the times that he cried?
In the bridges he burned, or the way that she died?
In diapers? Report cards? In spoke wheels? In speeding tickets?
In contracts? Dollars? In funerals? In births?
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.
How do you measure, a last year on earth.
It’s time now to sing out, though the story never ends.
Lets celebrate and remember a year in the life of friends.
Remember the love. Measure in love. Seasons of love.
Measure in love.
In surfing the web, I came across “The Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions”. They are:
Spend more time with family and friends
Exercise
Diet
Quit smoking
Enjoy life more
Quit drinking
Get out of debt
Learn something new
Help others
Get organized
I’m sure all of us have or will resolve to do one or more of the above to better ourselves in the coming year. However, my list would read somewhat different as far as order of priority. My list would also be much shorter but would start out the same. Don’t we all need to spend more time with our families! Our lives are too busy and too stressful. I’m going to slow down next year, do the things I need to do but at a slower pace. I’m going to take my time and relish the little things in life and do more of those things with my family and friends. As the saying goes, “stop and smell the roses”. We who have lost children relate to that more than most people. Number two on my list would be to help others. I do that to a certain extent now but I could, and should do more. I believe that it’s the main reason we are all here on earth and that’s what our angels would want us to do. Third on my list would be to enjoy life more. I hereby resolve to work less and play more! The housework, laundry and dishes will wait for me. There are more important things in life. We need to enjoy today because as we all know too well, tomorrow may be too late.
So those are my top three priority resolutions for 2006. Even if I should be paying attention to more of the top ten, they will just have to come later.
Wishing all Angel Moms much happiness, health and peace in 2006. May all our angels be with us now and forever.
Laurie-Mom to Angel Jill
A New Year
I can hardly believe how fast 2005 flew. On balance it was a good year for my family and I hope it was a good one for you. Aside from the hurricanes, the gas prices, the threat of a terrorist attack, 2005 was not been bad. I will be running 4 miles in Central Park in the Emerald Nuts Midnight Run, which goes off at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. I hope this will get me off on the right foot for 2006. Mike’s birthday is January 3rd and we have already planned a dinner to celebrate. I want to cry that he is not here with us and to rejoice that my family is still willing to continue this tradition. This will be the fifth birthday we have celebrated without him. I am angry and want to cry and there is no end in sight. Sorry, I know you feel pretty much the same.
So, I guess this is a good time to reflect on the things that went right and to work on the things that did not. My oldest, Adam and his fiancée Gabrielle have set the date. The wedding is scheduled for September 30, 2006. They are both working hard, studying hard and I hope that once in a while they take the time to play. Adam has resumed flying lessons. Will keep you posted.
We awarded the seventh and eighth scholarship awards in memory of Mike, for a total of $8,000 distributed. This continues to be a rewarding experience. We are thinking of ways to raise the bar on this and award. God willing, we will. We have made a difference in the lives of eight student-athletes and their families and that is a good thing.
Chris played in his final season as a Division I college athlete and it was the most successful season for Stony Brook and for Chris. We had a lot of fun watching the games in LaValle Stadium and traveling to schools like Duke, Yale and finally UConn. Some of our friends traveled to watch too, while some could only listen from afar. We will never forget the fun, the anxiety, the thrill of victory and finally, during the NCAA College Cup Tournament, the agony of defeat at UConn. The Stony Brook Seawolves won their Division conference and Chris scored the winning goal. It was a storybook way to finish at home. Now, he has to get back to studying. Life is moving him down the road too.
Matt has been very busy too. He keeps me running, literally! He and I did our first triathlon together and we have enjoyed traveling on Long Island to run road races. We made it to Shelter Island and Oyster Bay and are enjoying Central Park on many a weekend. He has made the State soccer team and plays tennis, lacrosse, and is a serious biker. He is a good student and a great son. I can hardly believe he is a sophomore in high school. We are very proud of all of them.
The bottom line is that while I cannot control what lies before me, I can control the way I react to life and the people in it. I am trying still. You would think I would have this down pat by now. I hope you have good memories of 2005 and some wonderful plans for 2006.
Happy New Year!
Lynn- Angel Mike's Mom
Maybe We Are The Chosen Ones?
Did it every cross your mind, that it might the other way around, that we were the chosen ones and not our angels. This is something that came to me Christmas day, maybe I read it somewhere in the past, or I like to think that Sean brought this to me as a Christmas gift. Our angels, before they came to us knew from the beginning what their timeline was going to be. Either their time in their mother's womb, or their time on earth. Taking a first breath, many breaths or not at all. They knew that they wanted us to be their mommy's, because they knew that we would love them no matter what. That their too short lives, because they left before us, would not be an end to their existance, but the beginning of us remembering them forever. They chose us, to bring to our lives something, a meaning in our lives, that we would not have experienced should they have chosen someone else to be their mother's. I feel so blessed to have had Sean in my life, he choose me ! Wow, I'm so grateful for that. He teaches me from the heaven's. He teaches me that the small stuff in life, I used to worry about, are not worth worrying about. To Love. To show my Love for others.
We were the chosen one's, to help others, to make our lives better, to surround ourselves with people we've never met, to only grow to love one another, even though we come from different soils, different walks of life, rich or poor, skin color doesn't make a difference, we are all the same, we loved and still love our children. We want answers to questions no one has an answer to, we want the world to know our children, we want others to understand what it's like to loose the most precious person in our lives, our children. No one understands, except those of us who've had to live the loss of our children.
Why me ? I now believe, that why not me. I was blessed by a pure angel, who chose me. Chose me to love him for eternity, to teach me things in life that I would have been blinded or closed minded to in the past. To take away my fear of the little things in life. I used to terrified of spiders, no more. Fear of dying, I no longer fear it at all.
I choose to believe that I was chosen, and not the other way around. Just thought I'd share this with you all, you may think I've completely lost it, but I haven't. I was blessed by a pure angel.
(((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))
Mylène - Maman to Angel Sean
Mitten Wreath
Materials:
3M™ Spray Adhesive for Styrofoam® Brand Foam
Styrofoam® Brand Foam, White Wreath, 16inch x 2½-inch x 2-inch
Styrofoam® Brand Foam, White Balls, 2-inch, about 33
Styrofoam® Brand Foam, White Balls, 2½-inch, about 9
Styrofoam® Brand Foam, White Balls, 4-inch, 2
Powder Snow
Jingle bells, gold, 18mm, 7
Jingle bells, blue, 18mm, 2
Jingle bells, purple, 18mm, 2
Child's Matching Scarf & Mittens
Assemble:
Craft Wire
Serrated Knife
Craft Snip
Old Paintbrush
T-Pins
Ruler
Scotch® Adhesive Remover Pen,
Large Cardboard Box (to prevent over-spray)
Scratch Paper (to cover bottom of box)
To round top edges of wreath, hold serrated knife at an angle and trim about ½-inch from inside and outside edges.
Use serrated knife to cut all foam balls in half. Set aside one 4-inch ball half to be used for another project, as desired. Place one 4-inch ball half into cardboard box and spray cut edge. Attach to top of wreath. Repeat with two remaining 4-inch ball halves, spacing them evenly on front of wreath.
Using 2½-inch and 2-inch ball halves, spray adhesive on cut edges and randomly adhere to wreath, layering balls and compressing and trimming as needed to fit. Add foam ball halves until wreath is covered, as desired.
To add snow to foam balls, work in small areas at a time (about 1/6 of wreath). Spray balls with adhesive. Use old paintbrush to spread adhesive on uncovered areas if needed. Pour a generous amount of powder snow onto adhesive-covered balls. Tip wreath over and shake off excess snow. Continue until entire wreath is covered with snow.
To form a hanger, wrap ribbon around wreath at top and tie a knot, pulling tightly against back of wreath. Position knot along inside edge of wreath and insert a pin in knot to hold in place. To form a loop, use an overhand knot to tie together ribbon ends. Tuck ribbon under scarf to conceal.
Wrap scarf around top left side of wreath twice and flip ends over one another. Use T-pins to pin scarf ends to wreath in desired positions. Arrange mittens on lower right side of wreath and secure with T-pins.
Cut a 36-inch length of wire, thread on jingle bells, alternating colors and twist wire together below each bell to secure in place. Bend and kink wire, as desired, and drape over scarf, allowing bells to dangle in center. Press ends between snowballs to hold.
Tip: To prevent over-spray from getting on work space, place item inside cardboard box, on its side. Cover bottom with scratch paper and spray inside box. Remove scratch paper and replace with new sheets, as needed. Experiment with nozzle setting before applying adhesive to surface, based on size of item being sprayed. Hold can closer to smaller items. After spraying, allow adhesive to become tacky 1-2 minutes before attaching to surface.
For attaching most light weight items, it's usually not necessary to spray both surfaces. Test on a small sample prior to beginning project. The 3M™ Spray Adhesive for Styrofoam® offers a generous “open time” that allows for repositioning, as needed, before bond sets. Use Scotch® Adhesive Remover Pen, mineral spirits or turpentine for clean-up.
Sometimes it's hard to remember what life felt like before our world was turned upside down by grief. We forget how beautiful the blue sky looked. We can't remember what it felt like to spend a lazy day at home doing absolutely nothing yet enjoying every moment. We have lost the feeling of knowing what it's like to be warm and safe and at peace.
When grief comes to visit so unexpectedly, it is like having a thief snatch our most priceless gifts away never to be returned. There is nothing we can do to restore those gifts, and we are left sitting alone in the brutal storm without any shelter while the harsh winds and rain keep us lonely and cold.
There is no question about it—death and loss change the landscape of our lives. For a while, we can't even see in color. The flowers cease to bloom. There is no order to our days, and darkness lingers when we know we should be experiencing the warm rays of sunshine in our lives.
In time, there are subtle changes that take place. Grief is no longer the center stage of our lives, but it has slowly blended into the scenery of our daily living. We can feel that surge of energy that comes from knowing that we're going to make it!
Hope is always alive and it lives in the heart of each one of us. Hope is a gift given to us by God. Find your star in the darkest night, and focus on it knowing that eventually it will lead you on the pathway to a place of peace.
–C. Hinton-
“Hope provides light in my darkness, peace in my pain, and strength in my weakness.”
-Clara Hinton-
Acts Of Kindness
Acts of Kindness for December were presented to:
Melody Hill by Judi Walker
The Angel Moms Staff by Judi Walker
The Act Of Kindness Award will be given to an AngelMom that was nominated for their kindness and thoughtfulness. It will not be a contest, it is "Thank You" kind of award. Anyone can be nominated. If someone has touched your heart by doing something special, please nominate them by emailing Loni. There is no exclusions, everyone is included. We will list each member that has received an Award.
Angel Mom's Acts of Kindness
NIGHT WATCH
by Roy Popkin
A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside. "Your son is here," she said to the old man. She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened. Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand.
The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement. The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed.
All through the night the young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength.
Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile. He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients. Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.
Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited. Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her. "Who was that man?" he asked.
The nurse was startled, "He was your father" she answered.
"No, he wasn't," the Marine replied. "I never saw him before in my life."
"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"
"I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn't here. When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me. I stayed."
The next time someone needs you...be there. Stay. You'll be glad you did.
Beef Potpies
1 zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
1/4 pound mushrooms, quartered
1 tomato, coarsely chopped
1 cup boiled Idaho potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch chunks
12 ounces roasted beef, preferably eye-round roast, cut into 1-inch pieces
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups chicken broth 1 tablespoon
Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 (1-pound) package puff pastry, thawed
Heat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl, combine the zucchini, mushrooms, tomato, potatoes, and beef and set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup warm water and the flour. In a large saucepan, bring the chicken broth to a boil. Whisk in the flour mixture and simmer until thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the mustard, salt, and parsley.
Meanwhile, using an ovenproof bowl or mug (about 4 inches in diameter), cut out 4 puff pastry rounds to fit on top. Cut 3 slashes in the center of each round. Divide the filling among 4 ovenproof bowls and spoon some of the chicken broth mixture over each. Top each bowl with a pastry round and bake until the pastry is puffed and golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
Yield: 4 servings
Chocolate Velvet Torte
Serves: 8
Ingredients:
1/2 pkg. Pepperidge Farm® Frozen Puff Pastry Sheets (1 sheet)
1 lb. semi-sweet chocolate , cut up
1 cup heavy cream
1 egg yolk
1 pt. raspberries OR Strawberries
Directions:
THAW pastry sheet at room temperature 30 min. Preheat oven to 425°F.
UNFOLD pastry on lightly floured surface. Roll into 12" square. Cut off corners to make a circle. Press pastry into 9-inch springform pan. Prick pastry thoroughly with fork.
BAKE for 20 min. or until golden. Cool in pan on wire rack.
PLACE chocolate and cream in saucepan. Heat and stir until chocolate softens. Stir until smooth. Remove from heat. Add some chocolate mixture into egg yolk and stir well. Return egg mixture to remaining chocolate mixture and stir well. Cook and stir 1 min. Pour mixture into pastry crust. Cover and refrigerate until firm, about 2 hr.
GARNISH with raspberries.
Hi ladies, here's something positive to do and help during our grieving. During these days and always, we are constantly picking ourselves up and trying the best we can to get through this journey of grief. Here's something that may help. You get a little note book, journal, seperate from the one you already have (if you have one), and every night or anytime during the day, when you catch yourself smiling you write down what made you smile. I'm sure you can put down at least one a day, even if your smile is followed by tears it's still a smile. As time goes by, you may have more than one thing that made you smile, put all the reasons down, if you can. Then days, turn into weeks, which turn into months, and soon you'll have a little book of things that made you smile, and when you're having a really rough day and think you'll never smile again, just read back what you've written and see if it makes you smile. If it does, that would be your smile for the day. You can buy a little book at the dollar store, while you're there get funny stickies, with smiley faces or anything else silly that makes you smile. Stick them on/in your little book. If you see something in a magasin that makes you smile, cut it out and paste it in your book. Write quotes that make you smile. Grief is hard work and a life journey, but our angels want to see us smile, let's all try this together.
:o) Share your ideas with us all
Happy Smiling, You will smile again, don't give up !!!!! :o)
Mylene
Remember ladies, this area is for all of you. Feel free to send in anything you would like included in the newsletter. It can be something interesting you have found and would like to share, if your child has a special date in a month and you would like to include a tribute, or if you have some thoughts or ideas you want to share, you can do that here.
Angel Moms Retreat 2006
The 2006 Angel Moms retreat is now being planned. It will be held at Chain O Lakes resort near Cleveland, Texas from July 20 to July 24. People flying in should fly into George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). The cost of the retreat is approximately $125 for the cabin rental, van rental and food/supplies. This will vary (up or down) depending on how many attend. Due to space we need to limit the number of moms to 18. We do still have room so if anyone is interested, please let Laurie (Angel Jill) know right away. Her email is missnjill247@mchsi.com Money will need to be paid in February. The requirements for attending the retreat are: (1)You must be an active member (post often) in Angel Moms
(2)You must be a member for at least 3 months prior to the retreat
Once the money is paid, it is nonrefundable if a mom is unable to attend. More details will be coming as we finalize the plans.
The retreat committee:
Laurie (Angel Jill)
Loni (Angel Melissa)
Holly (Angel Tiffany)
Judi (Angel Shane)
Some Links To Share
Finger Prints
I Never Said Good-bye My Parents
Angel Wings Wrap Around Hearts
Struggle with "why" it happened until you no longer need to know "why" or until you are satisfied with a partial answer.
Know you may feel overwhelmed by the intensity of your feelings. All your feelings are normal.
Anger, guilt, confusion, forgetfulness are common responses. You are not crazy, you are in mourning.
REMEMBER, NO ONE IS THE SOLE INFLUENCE IN ANOTHER'S LIFE.
Angel Moms Newsletter-January Printable Version
If you have something you would like included in next months newsletter, please e-mail Judi
Editor: Judi,
Staff: Krista, Lynn, Brenda, Laurie, Mylene
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