My oldest son, J, turned nine today! He had fun celebrating this weekend with some of his classmates and a neighbor at the Big Apple. Afterward, they ate pizza as well as cake and ice cream, played Wii and watched a movie at our house.
What greater testimony to the Lord's goodness can we give than to live a full and joyous life even in light of [a] great loss?, from the book Grieving the Loss of Someone You Love by Lynn Brookside & Ray Mitsch
I'm a widow and stay-at-home mother to three busy boys after losing my husband to brain cancer in February 2009. We're still grieving our loss, but God is sustaining and blessing us along the way.