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My Happy Place
My husband is gone: what is left?
By
kjackson
When Joe and I met, he had Star Wars toys. He was only a kid….he was twenty years old! He loved those plastic pieces of childhood memory. He outgrew the toys and instead loved to buy guns. I hated guns so we had a lot of arguments over them, but he kept them out of…
Daddy’s Song
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kjackson
Starting at their births, my husband sang to our children every.single.night. He had a special song for each child…. For Josiah: “Baby, baby, baby child…baby child my own…close those big, blue eyes of yours and sleep for just awhile.” For Anya: “You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are…
Finding my Happy Place after Losing my Spouse
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kjackson
Thursday, Nov. 3, I woke at 4 a.m. to the sounds of my husband dying. It was completely unexpected. He had been having “heart burn” for the last few weeks but the EKG in his doctor’s office showed nothing. He had made an appointment with the heart specialist for the afternoon of the day he…
A Story in Memory of Steve Jobs
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kjackson
I just found out that Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, has passed away. When I saw this quote of his, I was reminded of a story…. Back in our church days it was easy to get caught up in filling the areas of service that had always been filled. One year my husband filled the empty…
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