Archive | November, 2007

Family pictures

November 30, 2007

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Nothing really to say here, I just wanted to get some of the pictures of family I took the day of the memorial.

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Remembering Jacquetta Omsted

November 30, 2007

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It was one of the greatest honors of my life to perform my grandmother’s funeral. On top of that, I shared the stage with her pastor who just happened to be my children’s pastor when growing up. I had been thinking about what I would say all week. I knew it would be very emotional, […]

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Thanksgiving 2007… a disaster in the making (but it was great anyway)!

November 30, 2007

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For months, Sara has been making arrangements to host Thanksgiving vacation with all her family. For several days, 15 people would be sleeping in our house and we’d have an additional 7 for Thanksgiving dinner. This was the first time all of Sara’s family with spouses would be to together since Sara graduated from college.

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A little time with family before heading home

November 30, 2007

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It was so great to be with family again. It isn’t very often that the whole family comes together. Not only did I get to be with all my Georgia family, but most of my family (cousins and such) came up as well.  It had been close to 3 years since I spent any time […]

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Titus meets his Great Mama

November 30, 2007

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The morning after my personal “journey of stress,” I took Titus up to meet his Great Mama. She had been asleep for over 24 hours, so it wasn’t likely that Mama would get to meet him at this point. About an hour before I got to the hospital, she had woken up for just a […]

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Traveling with Titus… ALONE!

November 30, 2007

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As you know I took a flight from DFW to Jacksonville, FL last week. My grandmother broke her hip and bumped her head in a fall. As bleeding on the brain was beginning to cause major problems, Sara insisted that Titus and I go on without her. In am matter of days, all of Sara’s […]

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