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Rare Bird, A Book Review

September 4, 2014 by Elaine

I started reading Anna’s blog, An Inch of Gray, after her twelve-year old son Jack was lost in a freak flash flood.  I was directed there by another blogger,  I cannot remember who.  It could have been  from a tweet or a mention on their blog, the details are sketchy. I do however, remember the pain I…

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Filed Under: Emotional, Friends, God, Grief, reading, review, tragedy, video

Suicide Sucks

June 28, 2014 by Elaine

I put these words out there to some online friends the other day.  As if they did not know this already. But unless someone close to you or close to someone you love has taken their life, I’m not sure you can really know the true depth of it’s suckage.   Some good friends here…

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Filed Under: Emotional, Family, Grief, tragedy

Dumb Stuff

June 10, 2014 by Elaine

Everything seems dumb right now.  Really, it just seems numb AND dumb.   Yesterday on the drive home from Dallas, after my brother-in-law’s two memorial services on Sunday, Tim mentioned something – the Thai restaurant where we used to meet my mother-in-law and brother-in-law for dinner a lot. I lost it. Brian was not my…

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Filed Under: Emotional, Family, tragedy

Kindness

April 19, 2013 by Elaine

Things around our world seem to be falling apart this week so one afternoon I decided to take my camera outside for a bit to gather some perspective and even a little peace for my heart and mind.  It worked for a little while… I thought about this post that my friend Tracy wrote and…

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Filed Under: Emotional, giveaway, Love, Misc., tragedy

You Just Never Know… PLEASE Help for Sandy Recovery!

November 3, 2012 by Elaine

It seems like every few years there is another tragedy or natural disaster where I find myself parked in front of the t.v. watching heart-breaking images of unfathomable events. With this latest storm, “Sandy” I am taken aback by how quickly things can change.  And the tears flow when I read stories about mothers losing their children…

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Filed Under: Emotional, Misc., tragedy

Love and Prayers for Haiti

January 19, 2010 by Elaine

As I click around my little corner of the blogo-sphere this week I feel like I’m about the only person who hasn’t said something about the tragic earthquake in Haiti. It’s not that I don’t know it happened and it’s certainly NOT that I don’t feel for the people of that nation and pray for…

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Filed Under: childhood, Life, Motherhood, tragedy, traveling

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Hi! I'm Elaine, a transplanted Texan who has spent almost 16 years living in Cajun country. I am re-married to Brandon and we have five "kids" together, ages 21, 18, 17, 16 and 15 and crazy but cute dog, Charlie. I am also an office manager, occasional writer, prayer, and lover of life! Find me on Instagram (misselaine0375) and contact me at misselaineous0375 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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