Tag: Jake Siefert

August 11

Just like everyone else in the summer, I’ve done a bit of movie watching. Because I never know what the movie is about or how

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Goodbye to All That

Not too long after my Jake went to Heaven, someone asked me if I had found out anything about him that surprised me. I said

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Hey Jake!

Just a note from this side of Heaven on your birthday. To tell you I love you. I’m still trying to do something with your

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A Weekend

It’s been spring break for most people. Some went out of town. Some tried to go out of town. Some stayed in town. Us? Well,

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August 11th

This day 34 years ago I became a mother, a job that I longed for, one I hoped for. My first born, a son, who

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Dinner at Six

Much to the consternation of adult sons, my middle son and my youngest son have found themselves in residence at their childhood home. In other

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To Build A Fire

Deep south Texas, having received no rain for the baking months of the summer of 2011, had finally gotten rain in late December. A late

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Elk Camp

My dad told me, “Janet, don’t ever judge how someone grieves”. He said it in a voice that was at once commanding but filled with

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Jake Remembered

Dear Jake,  Happy Monday up there in Heaven. I wanted to tell you about something, son. Remember the time you took me to Mulligans to

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All the ideas, advice, and opinion six decades can provide… and maybe a little wisdom.

do it!

for more, much more...

All the ideas, advice, and opinion six decades can provide… and maybe a little wisdom.