Sweet Sixteen!
Happy Birthday Clayton. March forth…. Tomorrow your dad will celebrate 16 months in heaven (or at least we will remember that he went there) and you turned 16 today! That won’t happen again. So I say to you my son, March forth…you have your whole life ahead of you and the journey begins with the…
Fullerton Rangers and Fullerton High Varsity soccer
Clayton is loving soccer! We spent Thanksgiving weekend in Las Vegas for a Soccer tournament and now the school season has begun! Clayton’s club team remains undefeated in back to back seasons and last night the FUHS Varsity won the Brea Soccer Tournament! I am definitely a soccer mom! I am so loving it! Jim…
Thirty-One Years! 8/23/1980
Does it still count? It is hard to know what to do today or how to process my feelings. Today would have been my 31st wedding anniversary. I think I will go to 31 flavors to celebrate. I am sure that Jim would have come up with that idea had he been alive! I put…
Launching my First born!
Perhaps this is too personal to put on this blog. It is the letter I wrote to Emily this evening. It sort of captures some of the feelings I am experiencing as she moves to Biola to start her college experience tomorrow. Dear Emily Ruth, I am sitting here listening to you laugh and sing…
First Father’s Day without Jim
This was a really hard day for us! The kids lost both their dad and one grandpa this year! We at least have my dad, who we celebrated! But, my kids spent most of the day sleeping. I guess it is a good way to avoid the day! We did decide that in the future…
Emily Mohler Graduates!
Hey everyone! I am the mother of a High school graduate! Where does the time go?! I am proud of her and I know her dad would be too. She leaves for Europe in a week!
Joyful Notes!
Emily and Alex are a great songwriting duo! I hope they are always inspired! They wrote Holding on which was sung at Jim’s service and now they have written”The Park”! Too Cute!
Spring Cup 2011 Champions!
Clayton’s team had a great weekend as they played well and won the Cal South Spring Cup tournament!
A Graduation Blessing
Emily’s Senior class at church had a banquet to honor the graduates tonight. The parents were asked to write a blessing to share with their student. Here is the one I read to Emily. Dear Emily, I am so grateful to be your mom. I used to say it was the hardest thing I have…
A prayer for my son
A prayer for Clayton on his 15th Birthday: Dear Lord, Thank you for the privilege of parenting such an amazing young man. It is a big task, and I am finding it daunting to finish it without Jim. Yet I know that you promise to be a Father to the fatherless. I am in awe…