"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
Friday, March 31st, 2023
Alas. I’m skipping the past 8 months of Hale life in order to attempt to keep up better with my dear blog. Too much happened over the remainder of 2022 I just don’t have the time to update here but all of that living is posted over on my Instagram page, feel free to have a peek there…. instagram.com/aubrihale07
Monday, December 13th, 2021
November 25: So much has changed in just a year since last Thanksgiving. It’s been a long hard year. I’m sad to remember that last year on Thanksgiving day we announced to the kids that we were having another baby, they were so excited. We learned a few days later that our baby was no longer alive. Very soon after God gave us our dear Rose and we began a journey we could never have prepared for.
I have an overwhelming amount of things for which to be thankful. In the exhaustion of the day to day its been a struggle for me to remember that, to take all the gifts for granted, to even fall into a huge pity party.
Yet, though I do not deserve it, in those times God continues to bless me in countless ways, to give richly and to forgive. I am a beggar at the door of His continuous mercy.
I have no idea who placed those flowers on the graves of my babies, but that’s just one more thing I’m thankful for, their kind gesture. One more little gift from a loving God.
Monday, August 9th, 2021
July 31: The last weeks of Summer Break are here. As usual there’s all the relief and regret that comes with that. It feels like this was one of the busiest Summers we ever had. June was a roar of preparing for Houston and the possibility of being gone for 4 weeks. Everything was on hold until we knew what to expect. Then it was on to Plan B, whatever that was. This Summer was not what we expected and also more than we expected. We were blessed with many visitors and some spontaneous adventures. And so many doctors visits. Oy.
For our final days we enjoy the now and start prepping for what is to come.
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August 14: Ready for a new chapter. I’ve sent a lot of babies to school over the years and haven’t been too emotional but something about having an infant, a Kindergartener and a 6th grader is making me much more sentimental today. How quickly they do grow up. I’m looking forward to passing the days with these three.
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