I will remember 2006 for:

Keely
Divorce
Learning more about myself
Learning more about those around me
Wonderful friends
Being busy
Snow Patrol
OkGo
Quilting
Bandwagon
Teaching
Acceptance of myself

The first commercial I have ever seen that truly left me speechless:

http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/

For once, honesty in fashion and media.

My sister and her husband got back Keely's autopsy reports and my sister's genetic testing and it turns out that a bloodclot killed Keely and it very likely could have killed my sister. It turns out my sister has a genetic condition that causes her blood to clot easily and the risk goes up with pregnancy. So now mom and dad have to be tested for ( Read more... )

I REALLY want something totally kid unrelated. Two weeks with grade fives makes me want a sanctuary

If I don't like teaching grade five or anything elementary, it's for the simple fact that they're all so frigging ego-centric. They have NO empathy or respect for others. ARGH!

Going on a field trip tomorrow with the class from hell. Been with them 4 days tomorrow. Ready to have my finger nails pulled out slowly rather than work with them again..... Gotta remember the pay, wish it was grade two.

Keely would have been 21 days old today at 10:23 this morning had everything gone all right. We still don't have the autopsy results  yet or the results from the genetic testing. The funeral was as beautiful as it can get for a baby who everyone had loved and had hopes and dreams for. I cried so hard to see her little pink urn.  Those hopes and ( Read more... )

BARNES, Baby Keely Grace - An angel of God has passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2006. She is the precious baby of Andrew and Deanne & sister: Margaret. Also, survived by grandparents: Linda Somerton (Clarence), Gordon Barnes (Win), Albert and Daphne Morgan; great-grandparents: William and Emily Trickett, Muriel Fowler; aunts: Donna (John), Daphne ( Read more... )

Love you, Keely Grace. We all miss you & will never forget you. Our sweet little angel.

I always knew "Tears in Heaven" was a sad song but it's never felt like this before. She was my little girl, my sister's dream. She was so healthy.

My sister is having a girl!!!!!!  Her name will be Keely Grace :D