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Recent Posts
- Recent changes to my blog (subtitle: please click on Welcome) May 25, 2023
- Plans for fall 2023 classes May 25, 2023
- Because Look May 7, 2023
- He Went to My School! April 29, 2023
- Lose Yourself, Find Yourself April 21, 2023
- It really is all about the Caring April 17, 2023
- And Grace Will Lead Us Home February 25, 2023
- Remembrance and Liturgy ….and (Surprise!) Refinement February 5, 2023
- Goodreads Review: How the Irish Saved Civilization January 21, 2023
- 2023 Word of the Year: FRIEND January 1, 2023
- Review of “Evening in the Palace of Reason: Bach Meets Frederick the Great in The Age of Enlightenment” December 27, 2022
- On Joy, Heritage, and Community: Folk Songs November 11, 2022
- Trained to See October 24, 2022
- To Edna Joyce Ritter Davis on her 90th Birthday September 12, 2022
- On “Education is an Atmosphere” July 2, 2022
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Tag Archives: daughter
A new thought
For many years I would wander by the baby department and think how cute and soft everything looked and wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a baby to dress and wrap in all that cute and soft stuff. Then we … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged daughter, grief, love, material possessions, security, sentimentality, Virginia Grace
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What I learned five years ago
Today our daughter Virginia Grace Pelham would have been 5 years old. Grace had a chromosomal disorder named Edwards Syndrome or Trisomy-18 (being chromosome 18 that has the extra.) This was not something we were expecting on that day. Although, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged daughter, edwards syndrome, grief, trisomy-18, Virginia Grace
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