zac | September 11, 2010
Yesterday was Zac’s 34th birthday. The Sunday before that was our 12th wedding anniversary. I knew going into the month of September would be tough. I knew it would take everything I had, everything I could complete and totally reliance on God, to do this month and do it successfully. The day of his birth [...]
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zac | August 4, 2010
80 days/ 1,920 hours/ 115,200 minutes/ 6,912,000 seconds.
That is the amount of time my love has been gone. Those hours, minutes and seconds have passed us by with a huge place that cannot be filled. But, (and here comes the good part) more importantly, that is the amount of time my love has been face [...]
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zac | July 10, 2010
Another draft that was never published on this blog.
My name is Zac. Well, Zachary, actually. Either way, it is a derivative of the Hebrew name Zechariah which means, “the Lord remembers.” But remembering is not a task just for God. It is a command to us.
Joshua’s memorial stones
Psalm 103
Deuteronomy 6
Zac wrote that back in September, [...]
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zac | June 13, 2010
First of all, I would like to say thank you again, to everyone who has been so encouraging. The comments I have received have been just wonderful.
This week has been good. Yet, today was hard. I am not really sure why. Nothing happened or didn’t happen to make it a hard day. It just was. [...]
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zac | June 10, 2010
Lizzy loves to write poetry. She is quite good if I must say so. Mothers are always right at this sort of thing. I know Zac has posted a poem or two of her’s before. He was so proud of her. They are a lot alike. Both very logical yet creative in writing. There are [...]
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zac | June 2, 2010
So here we are at week two. All of the family has gone home. Now it is just me and the kids.The chair is empty. One side of the bed always stays made.I don’t put 5 place mats down on the table. Now, we are all four figuring out what this life looks like. I [...]
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zac | May 23, 2010
It has been one week since Zac went home. It has been hard to wrap my mind around the fact that he is gone. I can’t wait until I can see him again. I go through (as do the kids) up and down cycle of being happy he is out of pain and in the [...]
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zac | May 17, 2010
This is Mandy, Zachary James Smith, went to be with Jesus at 3:05 p.m. on Sunday May 16th. He is no longer in pain. The cancer has lost and Jesus has the victory in all of this. The battle has been won. I know you all loved Zac, and his presence is missed in our [...]
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