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In 2007, I began my original website, Sonshine's Haven. In 2007, it was turned into a blog and used to keep family updated on my first husband's fight with liver cancer. He passed away November of 2009. We were married for 34+ wonderful years and this journals some of that grief process I've gone through.

I have since remarried another widower, but Mike is missed dearly, and will always be a big part of my life.

At times, all of us will be called to act as witnesses to the suffering of another. We will be unable to affect the outcome physically. Words will fail us. Prayer will seem futile. And yet, the act of bearing witness to someone else's trials is a sacred sorrow that offers and astounding glimpse of eternal joy." by Ginger Garrett

"Being willing to stay with a loved one throughout their travail, can be difficult....YES! But offering yourselves as faithful companions on a dark and dreadful journey can be an unmeasured blessing." (paraphrased by me)

6.28.2010

Had a very busy weekend!  The singles group met and we ate pizza and played miniature golf together.  I haven't done that in so many years.  I warned all my team mates, and when the night ended,  I was celebrating I hadn't bounced my ball off anyones head.

Yesterday I went to church with my son and daughter-n-law.  It was another good sermon and the music blessed me again.  It always amazes me how deeply into worship a song can draw me.  I feel I could listen to that for the entire worship hour.

Following this, Matt treated me to lunch and then brought me back to his church, where a baby shower was being held for Jill.  I never in my whole life saw that much lavender and pink!  Alyssa is going to need to have a new outfit on every hour, to utilize this wardrobe!  What a blessing!

Then last evening I got to spend some time with Mike's sister, Lynne, and her husband Charlie.  They prepared dinner for me, and I ate every bite!  What a treat!

Today, Lynne and I got haircuts and we had lunch together. Before that though, we visited the jewelry stores.  Lynne adores jewelry and I knew she'd enjoy a couple of places I had in mind.  Before I took her home we stopped by two different Firework stands, to purchase some small "boom-booms", for our family Fourth of July celebration. We have so many special memories of doing this together in the past with Matt and Amber as kids.  Drew and Ethan haven't been too excited about these in the past though, but we're hoping they will be fun for them this year.  I bought one shaped as a boat, as a train, and as two little sportscars this year.  I pray it doesn't scare the daylights out of them!  Grandma's do not want to scar their grandbabies for life!!!

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