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Pumping and Riding
So here we are after a whole week of pumping and I can say without hesitation that Sarah loves her pump! She seems to have adjusted well to having to wear her insulin pump 24/7 and I can say that...
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6 Month Anniversary
Today is the 6 month anniversary of our sweet baby Ava’s death… we’ve been without her for half of a year and I find it really hard. I’ve said it before, but the more time that passes just makes me...
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Hardly know….
I hardly know what to say after all this time! I’ve been a lazy blogger for sure, but this cold weather seems to have dulled my mind and most of the time it just felt like I had nothing to write...
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9 years old
Mr. William John turned 9 last week! I’m coming to the realization that I probably have the worst memory in the entire world, but thank goodness I have kept a journal almost since I could write....
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Spring Clean Up
Two Saturday morning’s ago we loaded up our crew bright and early and headed over to Ava’s cemetery for their annual spring clean-up. Families typically don’t come along and help with the clean-up,...
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Toronto
One of my regrets that I have about the time I had with Ava is that I didn’t write about her in my personal journal. I just didn’t. I don’t know why. Looking back I see that I just did once when I...
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Half of a decade
Five whole years ago, this little girl joined our family… Yes, it’s true, at the end of May Sophia turned 5! And over this winter she made the final transformation from little one to little girl....
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Homesick
Wow, it’s me… I’m back. It’s been a long while, almost two months, but I think I”m ready to start again. I do want to thank everyone who sent me a kind word about continuing to blog back in the...
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To Honour our Nurses….
These past couple of days I just keeping thinking about all of the nurses and staff at SickKids – and the ones we met a few times at Children’s Hospital in London too. We are eternally grateful for...
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Mama Pancreas
November is Diabetes awareness month! I should have posted this last Friday on World Diabetes Day, but I’m not that organized. Now perhaps I should have named this post ‘Mamma and Papa Pancreas';...
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Can’t wait to show you…
Ava’s gravestone! Today we are celebrating Ava Day – our sweet little Birdy’s birthday; she would have been 2 years old today! It’s funny when I think about just how different life would be right...
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God at Work
God is always at work, it’s a fact. And I know that Jason and I are always so encouraged to hear how God is moving in other’s lives, and so glad that our church, Harvest Bible Chapel will often will...
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Nailed it
I am very aware of all my failures in life, they are too numerous to count. But on the bright side some of my failures make me laugh and hence should be shared. Take this for example, Sarah’s...
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Baked Jeans
Baked jeans and a bunch of things, that’s what this post is made of. Back in the olden days when the weather was warmer in March and April we would often take a drive to our family cottage for Good...
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Monarchs!
We love Monarch butterflies and every year for the past 6 years (minus Ava’s year) we have raised a few from eggs that were laid on the milkweed in our garden. We were sad to learn that this year the...
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Sung to sleep
Yesterday was two years since Ava passed away… 2 years! Time goes by so quickly and it’s a little tough because the memories fade, but the ache our hearts isn’t going away. I don’t think it ever...
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Instead of perfection…
A few weeks ago Sarah and I were back at the hospital for another diabetes clinic. We typically go every three months, but this time it had been closer to 4 1/2 and I was nervous. To be honest, I’m...
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A moment…
So yesterday I had a moment. That moment was defined by getting to church and then as worship began, starting to sing, and then starting to cry. And then even though I was feeling foolish I wasn’t...
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Visiting Ava
Perhaps some grace can be bestowed upon people who have a blog and then abandon it for months and months. I of course am one of those people, and even though I’ve been busy composing blog posts in my...
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Sourdough!
Anyone else out there tried bread making? I’ve made bread sporadically for years, as I’m always drawn back to my childhood memories of my mom pulling freshly baked bread out of the oven and slathering...
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