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The Ultimate DIY – Saying Goodbye to Your Mom
While I sit here in the hospital with my mom, I thought I'd share a really great project with you that my daughter, April, did recently – a dresser turned tv stand. But then I decided to just have a...
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Dresser Turned TV Stand
It is a new day. I woke at 4:45 this morning and couldn't turn my brain off. As always my mom pops in my mind and since the stress of her dire condition is ever present, I couldn't get back to sleep....
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No Christmas Home Tour Here
This Christmas season is different for our family this year. We are a family in crisis. There will be no chestnuts roasting on our open fire this year. Normally I would be writing a post about our...
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Mother-in-law Apartment Reveal
Today was graduation day for my mom. She stepped through the gates of heaven at 12:23 this morning. God is good. Can I say that again? God is good. His grace is sufficient. I thought it fitting that...
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5 Ways to Survive a Loss – With No Regrets
Now What? How do we survive a loss with no regrets? The days sitting at the hospital and hospice house are past. The preparations to lay my mother to rest are done. We've had our friend and...
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Life After Loss – Is Closure Possible?
Is Closure Possible? Is Closure Necessary? When you're charged with carrying out someone's wishes, sometimes you need to throw tradition out the window. My last DIY for my mom was to throw a Pepper...
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12 Ways to Support a Failing Parent + Free Psalm 91 Word Art
It's Coming – Get Prepared {scroll to the end for the free Psalm 91 Word Art} Most will experience one or more parent's decline in health, whether it be mental, physical or both. You can't be 100%...
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The Pepper Party – A {DIY} Non-Traditional Funeral
The Pepper Party – a Funeral Alternative Pepper Party: pep·per /ˈpepər/ par·ty /ˈpärdē/ n. 1. a. A ceremony or group of ceremonies held in honor of Pepper, a mom, grams, and meemaw. A non-funeral in...
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How Long Should Grief Last?
It’s been 243 days. That’s 5829 hours… exactly 349,768 minutes. How long should grief last? Should I be moving on by now? Is the past in the past? For those of you who will be experiencing grief in the...
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4 DIY Alzheimer’s Friendly Home Modifications – Guest Post by Mike Good
As we grow older, we start to discover that our homes no longer meet our physical needs as smoothly as when we were younger. Stairs become harder to climb, we trip on transitions that never impeded us...
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