Loves Like a Hurricane

Twelve years ago tomorrow, we buried our angel Katie. It was a hot Friday summer day. After it was over, Katie's daddy, sissy, and I "escaped" to the beach for a few days. We could not face being home.

Now the anniversary looms again, but what are dates on the calendar, really? Time is going to pass ... and yet I am still going to long for my little girl...

Very often I will turn to music for solace. There is a contemporary Christian song that I have been listening to and it has been giving me comfort these past few weeks. It's called "How He Loves," written by John Mark McMillan. It's been redone several times by other artists but his version is my favorite (because it contains the 3rd verse about his late friend Stephen.)

This is my favorite lyric:

"When all of a sudden,
I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me."

The peace flows through me...

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12 Years Ago...

Tomorrow will mark the 12th anniversary of when Katie went to heaven...

This song explains what she means to me... then, now, and always.

Always an Angel

If you saw me smiling

Your eyes would twinkle and you would laugh

If you saw me crying

You’d say “Mommy don’t be so sad”

If you saw me living

You’d be proud and you’d understand

If you saw me dying

You’d reach down and take my hand

You were always an angel
Now you’re with the Lord
Wish that you could come and get me
And take me home
My precious little girl
Oh I miss you still
Always my angel

When I saw you laughing
I knew you were a happy girl
When I saw you crying
It broke my heart to see you hurt
When I saw you living
Thought you’d always be there for me
When I saw you dying
I knew the cancer had set you free

Always an angel
And I’ll thank the Lord
For the seven years I had you
Until I go home
And see my sweet girl
Oh I miss you still
Always my angel

for katie by mom 2001

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Our Family

Our family by Katie

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
~ Proverbs 22:6

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Golden Girl

Little Katie, age 2

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
~George Elliot

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