Taking a pause over the next few days as I continue to send love and prayers to my Nashville Community as well as the sweet community of Covenant Church. My heart breaks for the community right now..đđ#prayers #covenantschool #nashville #prayers #stoptheviloence #socialmediapause
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Today was awful the hometown where I raised both of my children came under attack while children and teachers should have been enjoying a Monday in happy classroom a nightmare happened. The result 3 faculty members died and 3 children died at the hands of a shooter. Never forget their names Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, Cynthia Peak, Katherine Koonce and Mike Hill. Please hug your children tight and please pray for Nashville and for those families who are wrapping their heads around the fact that 6 people didnât return home today. Pray for this sweet school and their familyâs. #covenant school #sadness #grief #nashville #pray #heartbroken (at Nashville, Tennessee)
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March 31 will be Treys one year anniversary in heaven. I wrote this 2 months after he passed.
Some days I see him in strangers everywhere and other days I see things that remind me of him like pelicans, seagulls and pennies. I truly believe that death just like a birth, a graduation,a marriage, or a divorce creates a timeline in a persons life. Everything before Treys sudden passing is now a memory and after his passing is not simply The After itâs a timeline filled with wishâs, if onlyâs and if I just had more time, if I had only know. But thatâs my point we donât get warnings of sorts, maybe if someone has a terminal illness there is that time to prepare but with Treyâs sudden passing we had no warning, he wasnât sick, we had plans, he had plans until we didnât, he didnât. All gone in a minute in the middle of a Global Pandemic God called him home. So my After looks nothing like my Before. Grief changes people it creates a darkness, a sadness that if you arenât careful will dominate your life. I miss Trey every second of every day and would give anything for one more second with him. I know he wouldnât want my life to be filled with darkness and sadness but he would want me to live. So I try and some days I want to pull the covers up over my head and just sleep so I donât have to face a day without him. Lately I try to at the beginning of my day talk to him and I feel his presence with me all day. I put one foot in front of the other and make it through another minute, another hour and finally another day. When I do see things that remind me of him I smile and thank God for allowing Trey to always send me reminders he is ever present. So for now my After is just that After and that After is my new lifeâŚ#grief #brother #husband #uncle #son #gonetoosoonđ #forever31
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I found a picture I had taken of this really long dirt road and I remember when I took it I thought it reminded me of my life⌠Many roads I traveled down were like this some were crooked some rough and some straight but the best part was that I knew at the end of each road there would be light and I would be alrightâŚ.#dirtroad #life #crooked #light #rough #straight #cominghome #alabamabound
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One of our fav pastimes weeks at the beach. Daddy would always watch the grands as he loved seeing the gulf from his chair on the balcony and take early morning and late evening walks. He loved cooking up seafood in the kitchen while the kids and I watched the sunset on the gulf. Those were golden days beautiful memories that cancer took from us. World Cancer Day is todayđ¸âŚhereâs to the brave survivors, the fighters and those we have loved and lostâŚmiss you daddy cancer sucks #lungcancer #donate #research #savelives #cancersucks #fashiononashoestring
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With January being Treyâs Birthday month then March being the month Trey was called home to be with God I have learned that my faith is what will bring me through these next few months. Iâm so blessed to have such a wonderful tribe that is so supportive. Iâm doing a new adventure every month and I know he is smiling. Trey was the ultimate adventurer always exploring parts of this wonderful world. One day we will be united and oh the stories we will tell. My strength comes from the cross. My heart goes out to anyone grieving the loss of a childđ#broken #GodsPlan #faith #forever31 #son #brother #husband #uncle #family #missed #travel #heaven (at Cozumel, Quintana Roo - Mexico)
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Every year on Jan 1st I write on word to be my word of the year. This year I chose the word Mistake. I know you may think why such a strange word? Why not joy or promise or another positive word to start a new year. Well this is why I chose this word. I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. Youâre doing things youâve never done before, and more importantly, youâre doing something. So I hope that in this coming year not just me but you as my friends make some mistakes and continue to learn, experience and grow in this new year. Happy 2023 and thank you all for sticking with me on this journey called life. #newyear #goals #wordfortheyear #travel #blogger (at Hollywood Hills)
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Happy New Years everybody sorry I was asleep by midnight no parties, no kiss, no champagne so single another yearâŚwell unless someone is willing to change that. Write you first page of 365 in your book and make it count. Make a goal and crush it. Be fierce and unstoppable but kind and grateful. Iâm looking forward to 2023 with all you guys and thank you all for following me into a New Year with new adventures. Hello 2023 letâs do thisâŚ#blessed #goals #grateful #bloggerlife #midnightcameandwent #noselfie #fashiononashoestring (at Los Angeles, California)
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And just like that I found myself writing Treyâs đđname on a gift tag. Will life ever feel normal I thought I was doing ok at least ok in the sense I lost my sweet boy Trey March31,2020. This is 3rd Christmas without him and Iâm doing it again. Although I know in an hour or two I will hear a Christmas song he loved and my sadness will turn into a smile when I think of him. Christmas is hard for so many who are having hard times, struggling or grieving the loss of someone close to them. Be kind because you never know a persons struggleâs. Merry Christmas my sweet Trey I know Christmas with God has to be amazing. I love you forever I like you for always forever and ever my baby you will be #son #uncle #brother #husband #christmaswithoutyou #angel #grief (at Mexico , Cozumel)
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