tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post4989932556030557877..comments2024-02-11T02:09:23.512-08:00Comments on An Inch of Gray: The StormAnna Whiston-Donaldsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14921348961654008115noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-75400152001094728222012-07-09T20:14:00.318-07:002012-07-09T20:14:00.318-07:00Yes, I've been thinking of you. As I often do....Yes, I've been thinking of you. As I often do.Ann Imighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383249597505013239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-84396967157426017012012-07-09T10:58:46.886-07:002012-07-09T10:58:46.886-07:00I will pray for those whose families are now in mo...I will pray for those whose families are now in mourning. My gut hurts so deeply for your pain and loss. ((HUGS))Debby@Just Breathehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11685398064340027809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-65776321371086213212012-07-08T09:32:29.787-07:002012-07-08T09:32:29.787-07:00Thinking of & praying for you these summer day...Thinking of & praying for you these summer days. xo CindyMrs Changsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17840252521875408953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-52793736310119462852012-07-07T21:12:53.862-07:002012-07-07T21:12:53.862-07:00Sending a few more prayers your way today...Sending a few more prayers your way today...LauraBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05021383257389435454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-31463471361123778142012-07-07T17:43:51.163-07:002012-07-07T17:43:51.163-07:00Stopping in to say I'm thinking of you four. ...Stopping in to say I'm thinking of you four. Hoping the weekend is busy and stormless. xoxoOSMAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516772645440098038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-73925302351154074812012-07-06T22:03:23.730-07:002012-07-06T22:03:23.730-07:00I love that quote from Tuesdays with Morrie, thank...I love that quote from Tuesdays with Morrie, thanks for sharing that. ANd of course, thank you for sharing all of your heart. We are here to listen and uplift you with prayers.Mama Maryhttp://www.mamamaryshow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-1942223717743930032012-07-06T12:47:37.073-07:002012-07-06T12:47:37.073-07:00There are stars whose light only reaches the earth...There are stars whose light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen apart. There are people whose remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow.<br />--from The TalmudAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-10293089551971934822012-07-06T10:17:50.168-07:002012-07-06T10:17:50.168-07:00On my way to work this morning I was thinking of y...On my way to work this morning I was thinking of you and your family and saying a little prayer (do we all pray in the car? I know I do since it's the only time I really get peace after dropping all the kids off). Anyway, I was thinking of your family and the next thing I knew I saw a car with Jack's blue ribbon on it. It made me smile.Princess Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00868992133684014734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-87023618114902916392012-07-06T04:26:53.936-07:002012-07-06T04:26:53.936-07:00I think of you every day, Anna. All of you. xoI think of you every day, Anna. All of you. xoMarinkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16489592695993949578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-63690289749519918162012-07-05T08:29:12.223-07:002012-07-05T08:29:12.223-07:00I of course, thought of you immediately when I hea...I of course, thought of you immediately when I heard of the storms in your area. Every time it rains hard here, I think of you, as my family was hunkered down in torrential rains during that time… and it was not long after that I received the call. <br />I'm so sorry that you're in that shit-club, Anna. To have your heart put through the meat grinder like that. I hate it for you.<br />But you, dear Anna, are bringing forth beauty from ashes. You are. In your grief, you are.<br />Even though I'm a suckky blog-follower {thank you iPhone} I think of you all the time and your family is always in our prayers. Always. <br />Hoping you have electricity now. Praying for your physical comfort and your healing hearts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-87494027890413400712012-07-04T21:22:45.653-07:002012-07-04T21:22:45.653-07:00Thought of you during these storms, even though I ...Thought of you during these storms, even though I don't have any connection to you or your family except through what you have shared in your blog. I wanted to tell you that last Sunday, I was driving on an unfamiliar road in northern Virginia, and I was thinking of you and praying for the families who lost loved ones in last Friday's storm (because yes, some of my most heartfelt prayers are said in the car). And then I noticed the car in front of me had one of the blue ribbon sticker/magnets with Jack's name. To me, a sign.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317416079274740126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-58549002635995610822012-07-04T09:18:56.209-07:002012-07-04T09:18:56.209-07:00Stopping by to wish your sweet family a happy 4th ...Stopping by to wish your sweet family a happy 4th ~ and praying you feel Jack's loving presence nearby. <br />xoxoLauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-42141160196411999652012-07-04T09:07:16.512-07:002012-07-04T09:07:16.512-07:00Every time I hear the med flight I say a little pr...Every time I hear the med flight I say a little prayer. I know lives have changed forever. So instantaneously, so tragically. This leaves all the parents who still have their children here with terror in their hearts, and holes for all the parents we know have lost a child. Praying for you all who have lost too much.Frannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474315421019443429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-29527904819237497252012-07-04T08:37:29.167-07:002012-07-04T08:37:29.167-07:00I'm also a member of the shittiest club on ear...I'm also a member of the shittiest club on earth. Have been since 1997. Losing my son changed me forever....<br /><br />I remember, at the time, thinking, "How in the hell am I supposed to live like this? Without my child"? I didn't think I could do it. I didn't want to do it, quite frankly.<br /><br />So much has happened between then and now. I learned that I *could* do it. That God never left me. That he slowly unrolls every crappy thing in this life to reveal something shiny. I didn't believe he could do it back then. I do now.<br /><br />Praying for all of us. We know pain like no other.Michele McGovernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03785237330907646827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-88878988800933056022012-07-04T06:46:46.549-07:002012-07-04T06:46:46.549-07:00Keeping you in my prayers this holiday.
(hugs)Keeping you in my prayers this holiday. <br /><br />(hugs)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-13639459196022343742012-07-03T20:20:07.355-07:002012-07-03T20:20:07.355-07:00Anna, like reader who posted, I checked to see if ...Anna, like reader who posted, I checked to see if Jack's blue ribbons were intact since we live 2 neighborhoods away from you. I worried about some of the ones the kids and I tied, knowing they weren't knotted. And yet not a single one disappeared; they are all there, resolute, along Lawyers Rd and the other streets around town. Jack is definitely present and watching over the three of you, I'm sure of it. <br /><br />You are always in our thoughts and prayers - my 5 year old noted, out of the blue a week or so ago, that she prays for Jack every day. Jack has inspired so many of us, as you have with your amazing and courageous writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-9887033624976013272012-07-03T17:41:13.643-07:002012-07-03T17:41:13.643-07:00Anna...
Prayers for a peaceful and peace-filled ...Anna... <br /><br />Prayers for a peaceful and peace-filled July 4th holiday...<br /><br />You, Tim, and Margaret are in my thoughts and prayers, now and in the coming days.<br /><br />Love and hugs from the other side of town...LauraBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05021383257389435454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-60645496188365041722012-07-03T10:33:13.248-07:002012-07-03T10:33:13.248-07:00Just stopping by to say I'll be praying you th...Just stopping by to say I'll be praying you thru another holiday without. Comfort, peace and warm thoughts for all of you.Princess Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00868992133684014734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-23080041402118140392012-07-03T08:03:42.304-07:002012-07-03T08:03:42.304-07:00I just read my friend's blog about the storms ...I just read my friend's blog about the storms in the DC area and I immediately thought of you, wondering how it was for you.<br /><br />Hugs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586581766383380976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-79311249750569779552012-07-02T18:19:16.533-07:002012-07-02T18:19:16.533-07:00As one who lived with those wild storms for 4 year...As one who lived with those wild storms for 4 years (tornado in our part of Loudoun one day right when I was expecting my youngest home on the school bus), I tense up whenever I hear about such weather. <br />I moved across the country last July, but Suburban Correspondent told me about Jack in September and I've been following ever since. When I read the news on Saturday, my heart seized up, thinking of you... and others who have unwillingly joined the club that no one wants to join.Karen (formerly kcinnova)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16705613736966783261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-52150592222215944092012-07-02T11:44:13.101-07:002012-07-02T11:44:13.101-07:00I also thought of you during the storms Friday nig...I also thought of you during the storms Friday night....and continue to pray for all of you.<br /><br />So another odd thing happened the other day - my parents were staying with Zach and I, due to power outages ---I was coming downstairs and I heard Zach telling my mom about his imaginary friend - Jack. And mentioned his age as being 12, which I don't think I have ever mentioned Jack's exact age to Zach (and I know he would've been 13 a few months ago), but he was going on and on about a boy named Jack. It gave me goosebumps....and thought of you again. For some reason, Zach brings up Jack - a lot. Maybe it's because Zach has always had a hard time imagining me going to Heaven and leaving him behind, he had a fear about me dying for awhile -not ever sure why (I often wondered if he knew something I didn't!)...he use to talk about Heaven alot...so maybe there is a sense of him being worried for Jack, wondering if he is ok in Heaven.. but there is something that keeps bringing Jack's name to Zach's ADHD's busy little mind...and I think it's pretty awesome.Theresa Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-77499786087140800362012-07-02T10:13:37.045-07:002012-07-02T10:13:37.045-07:00We've been following the WPost storm updates a...We've been following the WPost storm updates and emails from family and friends closely, even tho from afar. And thinking so much of you and yours and wondering how you were enduring storms, power out, and flooding. There are so many, many days when we think and talk about you and pray for you, but this weekend seemed "urgent." <br /><br />PS: didn't get to post in a timely way, but I laughed out loud about Taco Bell. Please, please, please write a bookandnowwearesixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17846071967054841815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-62706413334641568832012-07-02T09:42:07.462-07:002012-07-02T09:42:07.462-07:00I loved the comment from Hunter.
Anna--this was s...I loved the comment from Hunter.<br /><br />Anna--this was scary to read about. I'm glad the three of you are safe. But I'm sick that there has to be more weather-related death and destruction so close to home...or anywhere for that matter.<br /><br />love,<br />jbhatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-21270982358758631332012-07-02T07:16:24.228-07:002012-07-02T07:16:24.228-07:00Yes, it is a VERY SHITTY club for those of us left...Yes, it is a VERY SHITTY club for those of us left behind. The pain of losing a child is like nothing else on this earth. It feels like a walking death sentence on this earth. Like a part of you had died but you still have to try to find a way to live. Yet the whole point of being a Christian and loving Jesus on this earth is the promise that one day we will enter heaven. My seven year old daughter and I drove past a cemetary yesterday and she asked me "Mommy, one day does everyone go to the cemetary?" and I answered "Yes, honey, one day everyone does." and she said "Even Jaedyn?" and then I tried to explain "No, not Jaedyn". I chose to have my first daughter creamated after her death because as morbid as it sounds I always wanted her with me. I was the mom who slept with her bouncy seat on the bed with me for weeks after she died so I could somehow feel close to her. How do you explain all the intracacies of death to a seven year old? Hell, how do you explain it to anyone of any age. I have a feeling when we all do enter the gates of heaven we will perceive death as a precious gift that we no longer had to live in these bodies that are dying daily (2 Cor. 5:2-4). But until then we see through a glass darkly and have to trust His heart even if it is difficult to understand His hand.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111064620503580685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7334921515741798160.post-73562532161827887002012-07-02T07:03:36.205-07:002012-07-02T07:03:36.205-07:00You were included in my prayers this morning. Thou...You were included in my prayers this morning. Thoughts of you and your beautiful Jack fill my mind daily as I watch my own boys. <br />I pray to God that you find some comfort through my prayers and the prayers of so many others.<br /><br />Take care, Jackie in NYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com