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Archive for September, 2006

The prayer of the grieving.

Lord, please heal my heart, but not so much that I don’t hurt, For if I don’t hurt, how will I remember. Lord, never let me forget the pain, For if I forget, how will I know your blessings Lord if you choose to fill my arms, still let them ache just a bit, For [...]

General news from the Leins.

Well, this will be a post of odds and ends, but here goes. First of all, this has been a good week despite the memories of Emma. September 14 was a very significant day in my mind.  It marked the first day Emma travelled down to Little Rock.  It was the day we met one [...]

Looking back, looking ahead.

As I stand here on the threshold of what I see as 5 months worth of Emma memories, I am a little nervous. You see, even though Emma’s birthday was in July, it is now that we are hitting the “significant dates.” Most of Emma’s first two months are a blur of feeding difficulties and [...]