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If There Is Light, It Will Find You
Submitted by Albert (Auggie’s dad) Music is one of my oldest loves in life. It is freedom, expression, and power. It surrounds you the way that any emotion would. It has had such an impact on my life from so early on that it was one of things I was most looking forward to teaching,
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Harper Grace
Submitted by Brett (Harper’s dad) My daughter, Harper Grace, was delivered stillborn on November 3, 2022. The day before was like any other – I went to work where I had a conversation with a coworker about my excitement for our impending arrival the day after Thanksgiving and my wife stayed home with our two-year
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Acknowledgement
Submitted by Rob (Lila’s dad) My wife’s grandfather passed away recently. He was an amazing man who brought so much joy, laughter, and happiness to everyone in his life. Loss, in all forms, is difficult. When you lose your child, you mourn someone you should have had more time with. When you lose a grandparent,
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Holiday Season
Submitted by Chris (Izzy’s dad) I wanted to yell, “CONGRATULATIONS!!!” I wanted to run over and give them both huge hugs. I wanted to smile and uncork the champagne. But most of all, I wanted Izzy. My brother got engaged to his wonderful wife on Christmas Eve 2018, only a few months after we lost
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Never
Submitted by Ethan (Cana’s dad) Several years ago, I saw a commercial that has stuck with me ever since (a fact that I’m sure State Farm’s marketing department would be very happy to hear). In the commercial, we see a series of vignettes of a man’s early adulthood, as he meets his future wife and eventually starts
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Re: Thanksgiving thoughts
An email to family submitted by Matt (Lily’s dad) Hello everyone, We are glad to be coming to New York to share Thanksgiving with everyone. At times it may be difficult for us, and we may find we need to take a break or leave. I have found that it helps to be explicit about
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Miracles
Submitted by Corey (Harmon’s dad) We learned in mid February that my wife, Aja, was expecting. It was the greatest day of my life, and honestly the following 4 months were a dream. Everything in life was coming together, we were about to move to a bigger and better experience, and we were finally starting
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Alice Josi the Rockstar
Submitted by Andy (Alice’s dad) November 27, 2013 The day my life changed forever. On November 23, 2013 at 10:19 am, Medical Center Hospital, Odessa TX, a 19 year old kid evolved into a man, a father, and a provider in a matter of seconds. Her name was Alice Josi Bernal. When I held her
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Jude
Submitted by Kevin (Jude’s dad) On December 16th 2021, my wife Dana told me she was pregnant. This was the best day ever. In the beginning, appointments went smoothly. She started experiencing heavy swelling/puffiness and acne from February to March, which was shrugged aside by her family doctor, saying this was normal. We weren’t going
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Picture (im)perfect
Submitted by Rob (Lila’s dad) Having a living child in the wake of losing a child is the most elating, surreal, and relieving feeling that a loss parent can experience. It feels like the impossible has been achieved. That a boundless light enters the deepest darkness. So many wonderful, and remarkable, feelings are associated with