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Sending Ben into the world

Greg — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:00:48 +0000

In Anita’s journal, under the heading Mental Models >>> Family, Anita wrote important things about her family. About Ben she said:

May 25, 2006

- Ben is everything I wanted in a son physically – a strong, handsome black boy. - He is also sweet, caring and intuitive. - He is really tuned in to others’ feelings - It is [...]

Road Trip 2010 – part 1

Greg — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:43:06 +0000

Anita died August 21st, 2009. Over the next several days, scores of people came to the viewing and funeral. Still, many more could not make the trip that would have liked to. By the day of the funeral, I knew that I would make a trip to visit these people, located mainly in Nebraska, when [...]

The Day Penny Was Born

Greg — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:33:44 +0000

by Ben Schick (3rd grade)

“It’s a girl!” yelled my uncle from downstairs. Man, “I wanted a brother!” I said. Before I got to school my dad called, “I’m sending pictures of her,” he said. After that, I showed Mrs. Fenstermaker, my 1st grade teacher, the pictures. On the bus ride home I couldn’t wait until I [...]

The story of Peter

Greg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:43:02 +0000

In late February of this year - after Penelope’s birthday – Anita suspected she was pregnant again. She had a great intuition in general and had never been wrong about being pregnant. Nonetheless, she sent me to the store to get a pregnancy test. She took it but could not stay in the bathroom to wait for [...]

Beyond The Gate

Greg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:35:35 +0000

Beyond The Gate

On earth we don’t understand Why babies have to die Their little lives are taken And our painful cry is “Why?”

As we endure the pains of life No other pain compares A parent weeping for a child Just briefly it was theirs

For reasons we don’t understand Their little lives are taken And we cry out to God above “Why must I be [...]

Pondering friendship

Greg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:53:45 +0000

Why? Why is it so hard to find good friends? And when you do find them why is it so hard to keep them? Aren’t we all looking for the same thing? Someone you can tell anything to, and know its safe with them. Someone who understands who you are, and won’t try and change you. Someone who loves you even [...]

Kid journals – Ben

Greg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:07:08 +0000

Another journal that Anita kept was one about things the kids did. She only wrote about 10 entires each over the course of two years, but they are really meaningful entires and I think the kids will treasure them forever. Here is one of the entires from Ben’s journal.

7/10/06 11:06 pm

I came home late tonight [...]

Why Peter?

Greg — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:04:58 +0000

Today, I got mad. Why? WHY WHY WHY? Why Peter?

My mindful self knows that Anita did great things on this earth. She touched many people. She did God’s work and burned her candle at both ends for the short time she was here. I know that she did her work, but then she was done [...]

The Joy of Learning

Greg — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:39:40 +0000

This is a fantastic email with an attached essay that Anita wrote in 2006. It was during the time when she was exploring being a writer and it’s picture is beautifully painted by Anita. (She even put a copyright on it – what a lawyer!)

From her friend Caroline:

I was reminded of this email that Anita [...]

Julia’s Song – Mercy Said No

Greg — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 11:09:26 +0000

I woke up this morning with the song in my head that Julia sang at the funeral. The song was "Mercy Said No" by CeCe Winans.