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SNOW…DISNEY…BEACH! I love it 🙂
We pray for you daily and are sending our love!!!
Loved the pictures and love all of you. Miss Tuesday everyday. Say a prayer for all of you each and everyday. Just ordered my Tuesday shirt and some magnets and coffee cups. Can’t wait to get them. Hope to see you before too long.
Love, Aunt SuSu and Uncle Jim
You have a great way with words Jessica Kate. Please come visit us in KY!
Beautiful pictures.
love love love love the pics!!!!! praying 4 u…
Jessica Kate,
So glad you have found some Joy. I think of Tuesday often….
Lindsay
http://www.rememberingavi.blogspot.com
Jessica Kate – you certainly have a beautiful way with words. The pictures you put up are also very beautiful. I don’t even know you personally, but I feel like I do because I have been following your blog for a while now. You are such an amazing mother and you have beautiful, wonderful children. I pray for you, your husband and your kids every day, several times a day. What a wonderful gift Tuesday was to not only your family, but to everyone your blog has reached.
Sending much love and prayers to you all,
Jessica
New Brunswick, Canada.
Amen Jess.
Life IS living.
Beautiful to see you smiling a little.
Thinking of you & praying always.
Love you!
So glad to see smiles… prayers still going to you all!
I pray for you and think of Tuesday every day. I will never understand the “why” of it but I trust and believe that she is sitting at the feet of Jesus and that has to be enough. I’m so sorry you had to say goodbye to your sweet little girl. And I’ll be so happy when you get to say “hello” again.
Love the pictures! So glad to see all the smiles! Praying for you often! Love you guys!
I loved seeing these pictures. How fun. Praying for your family daily.
You guys are in my prayers always and wow – you are such an incredible soul Jessica. Your children are so blessed to have you as their mama as you show them the way and exactly how to keep living this life….filled with all that life is.
You inspire.
Praying for you….keep in touch!!
Cindy
I’m just so sorry. 🙁 I wish you peace.
We talk about Tuesday all the time in our household here in Australia – and we have obviously never even met her – but her story has touched our hearts. My ten yr old daughter Caitlin has pasted some of her pics into her “favourite photos” file – she adores your Tuesday. We sincerely hope you are managing to have some quiet time together – some time to reflect (not just with sadness) – and some time to start the long healing process. Thinking of you all,
Tracy (Brisbane, Australia)
oh, life is so very precious. but you already know that.
thank you for showing us what real, pure love looks like.
“sometimes she wished she could see the world, black and white, good and bad, no shadows and no grays… but then again, life isn’t that easy or that hard” -MPA
LOVE all the pictures!!! Prayers pour out to your family and for your strength each day 🙂
~Elyse~
What beautiful pictures! {hugs}
Beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Thanks for sharing pictures. Our thoughts and prayers are with you!
Beautiful.
Thoughts and prayers,
Heather
Hugs to your family, because I know they are always welcome. 🙂 And huge applause to your family for finding some fun with snow AND the beach! Still praying for all of you all the way over here in Albania.
Glad to see the smiles, on you, on your husband and on your children!
Thinking and praying for you!
I am touched by your strength and will continue to pray for you.
I thought what you wrote on the side bar is lovely. We, too, are confused and not sure how to help, what to say, what not to say. Especially strangers like me. A mother of my own. Aching for you and not knowing what to do. Thank you for always so eloquently providing us with a glimpse into your precious family.
I can’t imagine its easy to move on but I’m glad to see you and your family taking the time to enjoy life and do somethings for yourselves after the roller coaster year you endured. I am sure Tuesday was with you through each of those moments…
We’ve never met, but I’m so glad to see you sharing your life via blog. I think of Tuesday all the time, and she has touched so many lives. You should not only be proud of her, but of your entire family. You amaze me.
I am so glad you have found smiles and laughter.
My prayers and blessings travel to you and yours ….
Thanks for sharing heard through a friend you all had gone to Disney. Your pictures are beautiful.
What you wrote was amazing! Somehow you have found a way to comfort those who wish they knew how to comfort you. Your new pictures are fabulous. Life does goes on. . . Hugs and prayers!
Beautiful Jessica. I loved what you wrote on the beach. It is so wonderful to see you and your family smiling. I think of Tuesday often and am trying really hard to make sure her memory is honored. Keep living life, that is the best thing you can do.
You have such a beautiful and insipiring look on life. People who know you must be truly blessed.
Thanks for sharing your pictures……my thought s are prayers are with you….
So much said with no words….lovely!
Hello beautiful family –
So good to see smiles. Almost one year ago, we were in Disneyland as well – Goofy’s kitchen is the place to go!! I’m glad that you were able to get away – that you let yourselves get away! Thank you so much for sharing with us! Your strength is amazing and the spirit with which you are able to share – you have a way with words which tells me more and more what a wonderful person you are! We pray for you every day! Every time Ellie hears Tuesdays name, she says while pointing her finger up “Tuesday is in the clouds!” She says that God has long arms. These little minds…. Sending much love your way –
Janice Rolfs
Good for you. It’s so important to embrace life, especially right after a slap in the face from death. (I’m a grieving mother too, 7 years on)
I love the writing in the sand. I wrote my daughter’s name in the snow today, with my feet. Prayers.
Indeed it is! My motto these days — All you need is love (might have had a little help from the Beatles) 🙂 Thinking of you often, praying for you and with you. Funny how when all we want to do is comfort you and your family, you have a way of comforting us. You are an amazing person and all you need is love. Take care of you and yours.
Natalie (Ontario, CANADA)
Such awesome pictures! Disney is my absolute favorite place, it always makes me leave it all behind…if only for a little while. We are going on Monday for the day. Love & prayers to you and your family.
It is wonderful to see you and your gorgeous family having a great time together 🙂
I think it is amazing that even though you are figuring this out as you go, you can still find it in your heart to “teach” us how to help you. I love what you wrote in your sidebar. Thank you for that.
xoxo
Shannon
Jess, You are such a beautiful writer. Thank you so much for sharing your happy and sad times. I’m glad to see the pictures and all of you smiling. I think and pray for you guys always. Snow, Disney, Beach, I love the variety!
and you do. love seeing the smiles, seeing the joy, the toes in the sand and tuesday’s name there.
and thank you for the notes in the side bar. it helps to know we help.
Continuing in prayer!
Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Prayer Bears
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I’m glad you wrote what you wrote on the side. I have been wanting to comment, but didn’t know what to say.
I’m so sorry you lost little Tuesday. I was very saddened when I came across your blog and read about everything. I have a son myself, he just turned one. I remember nursing him in my bed and how beautiful that was. Your writing really had a way of touching me. I have been praying for you and your family every night for probably the past month.
It is so wonderful to see you enjoying your kids and life. I guess if Tuesday taught us anything, it’s how sacred life is. What a beautiful little girl. All your babies are beautiful. Just know you’ll all be together again one day.
Sending love!
Thank you for the words on your sidebar and for sharing with us how you are navigating this journey. The pictures are beautiful and it brings a smile to my face to see the smiles of you and your family!
Love and prayers
Erin
Your honesty, strength and love touch my heart.
-Bethany
Wow, I just teared up looking at your pictures…life continues on, we just adjust our norm to follow.
It is good to see the smiling faces…
For someone who has never met you or your family it has surprised me how mush your words have touched me. Reading your posts have made me see my own blessings with my two little girls so much more clearly. I have been reminded that housework will always wait but a game of memory or a fun craft project has so much more meaning. I thank Tuesday for reminding me of the Mom I want to be and want you to know that her memory will forever be honored in our family. Thank You!
Snow, Disney, Beach… that is 3 of the best things ever. So glad ya’ll are finding snippets of joy through the sorrow.
Much love and prayers for you all.
Such sweet memories.
I can’t even imagine what you are going through. Thanks for sharing the pictures of you beautiful family!
It looks like you are trying to pice normal back together. I know it must be hard but I am sure Tuesday is enjoying watching you live again 🙂
Beautiful photos Jess. I’m so glad you are able to enjoy spending some much needed family time together enjoying all of the wonderful things out there waiting to be explored.
I loved seeing you all smiling.
Count me in as someone who was afraid to say the wrong thing, to say anything actually..but here you are comforting my fears when you are grieving.
First let me say I think you are the most beautiful person inside and out I have ever come across.
Your writing and photos move me.
I watch the video of Tuesday & Piper, probably too much, I find it both beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time..
My husband hears the music and asks why I keep watching and I simply tell him, I don't know why..
I am beyond sorry for your loss, as a mother myself, I worried about so many things when my daughter was young but I can honestly say I never ever thought of cancer…it's just not supposed to happen to our children.
I never let my mind go there I suppose.
I will keep coming here everyday and praying for healing for you and your family..I worry about little Piper.
God Bless you all and it's a pleasure to read your writings just sorry I found them at such a sad time..
Barb from Canada xo
Thank you. Your words inspire me. Your story has changed me. Tuesday is in my thoughts and prayers everyday. I know she is smiling down on you all. God bless Tuesday and her awesome family :o)
-Colleen
Hanover Twp., PA
The strength that you show in caring for all those around you is inspiring…I have never known the pain that you are going through, yet, in your pain, you are comforting all those who are looking to you for answers…..God has the answers, so don’t worry, you have many, many people praying for you and your family, daily….You have such a beautiful family, and I am sure that each day that you smile, is another day of sunshine and peace for them….take care….
Beautiful pictures! We are praying for you as you get back into “real life.” Whatever that is. Your comments on “Bereave” are lovely also.
Love the pics! Love the smiles! Hugs, love and prayers to your family! The sidebar is great! Looking forward to meeting you when you decide to travel the countryside.
Blessings to you and yours.
I love to blog hop. Every Saturday I check hair blogs for ideas on how to do my nine year old daughters hair for church on Sunday. On one of those sites, I saw your little button that says Pray for Tuesday, so of course I clicked on it hoping to be able to help, but I was too late. I started reading your blog from the beginning and cried the whole time. I’m truly so sorry for you and your families loss and hope you find peace. Thanks for sharing your story and giving us all a reason to hug our kids a little tighter. I will continue to send prayers your way.
Love th pics Jess! The smiles are wonderful & it looks like the kids had a great time at Disney. Take care & know we are still thinking & praying for you.
I loved what you wrote in your side bar. It made me cry, I love your words. I didn’t know Tuesday like you did but I miss her. I find myself coming here all too often to get a glimpse of that loss.
I am so sorry for your loss of Tuesday, I will commit to praying for your family, what an amazing family you are, you touch me deeply. I love your words and how the depths of them speak to me. You should write a book about Tuesday short life, truely.
Your pictures are lovely! Other than that, I would be one of those people who doesn’t know what to say, so I will take your advice and just say again how sorry I am that you lost Tuesday. And I will continue to pray for you and your family.
A picture is truly worth a 1000 words. We still think of ALL of you daily! thank you for sharing the pain AND the joy!!!! life truely is worth living for.
Love the pictures!!
Thinking of and praying for you all.
Much love!
Love the pictures. Bless you for continuing to live your lives and love on Piper and your sons. Still thinking of your family often and praying for you.
what wonderful photographs! thank you so much for sharing. your words on the side were wonderful. i’ve been checking your blog and hoping that you all were okay. it’s wonderful to know that you were celebrating life. i wear my Tuesday pendant everyday. it reminds me that no matter how stressed I am I need to cherish my baby girls. “meeting” your family – especially Tuesday – has taught me that the laundry will wait but my girls will not be this age ever again. thank you so much for sharing your joys and your pain with us. i pray for you and your family every single day.
I have been so touched and inspired by both tuesday and you Jessica. I think of not only tuesday but also you and your family. I saw the Tuesday Celebration on Stacy (Kennedys mom) on Facebook and was so moved and touched by it. You and your family are in my thoughts/prayers everyday. God bless you Jessica.
Love, Sarah
God bless you and yoru family. I pray for you often. The pics are gorgeous
You are an amazing woman, wife, and mother. May God bless you in ways that surpass all imagination.
{{{Big Hugs}}}
Amy
Such beautiful picture Jess. Your kids smiles warms my heart! We love you, and we love Tuesday too!
Praying and thinking of you always.
Look at those incredible pictures, Jess. You guys were having some good times. I’m thankful for that. Thinking about you all every day. I was proud to tell some friends about Tuesday this morning when they asked about the necklace I was wearing. Tuesday’s reach continues to be far and wide. Thank you for continuing to help us all help you.
Love to you,
Kristy
I think of you, I pray for you … I understand loss, not the loss of a child but the sudden loss of my mom. I found that life is never what I knew as normal but over the last 2 years we have strived to find what our “new” normal is … I think she would be proud because you’re right … life is for living.
Thanks for sharing the pictures. We love you and are thinking about you all and praying often.
Amen! You all are amazing. You inspire me. I pray for you often.
Tamara
I am so glad to see the smiles. I hope they will come with more ease as each day passes.
Although I have never met you, you have touched my life…you, Tuesday, your family and the outpouring of support via the blogosphere. It is amazing!
Thinking of you often and praying for you more.
Praying right now!
Psalms 36:5-7 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
Prayer Bears
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Hi, I’m so terribly sorry for the passing of Tuesday. I too lost a twin and I know that all of our precious angels are together, laughing and watching over their twins….as well as their parents.
You’ve given Tuesday so much to smile about with your beautiful family.
Lisa (from California) came to visit me after she lost her twins and my water had broken with my twin pregnancy and I know she came to visit you and your family for Tuesday’s funeral.
It’s amazing how connected we all are in this wondoruous life.
http://www.MicroPreemies.com
It is so nice to see you and your family smile. I know that a smile doesnt erase the pain, but it is nice to see that some of the “normal” can creep in a little… I pray for your family everynight and continue to be so touched and inspired by you and your sweet baby girl Tuesday
life is definitely for living, beautiful pictures.
It was wonderful to see smiles on all your faces…………
I am moved. I am thinking how amazing you too are and your personal has touched me deeply. You are also a great writer. I will quote one of the most famous poems of love ever written as I think this is how you must feel.
Warm Regards, Rebecca
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.” -E.Barrett Browning
there are no words for me to write here that haven’t already been said. but i love the sidebar entry as it just shows how loving a person you are, to attempt to comfort us while your own heart is broken. my fave picture is of the twins on the beach with their lil hats playing in the sand. how beautiful that is.
time.
that’s all we have, really. and none of us knows how much is left. for today, try to let yourself feel how much your precious baby has made a difference to us who havent even known her. she had and STILL has a purpose here with her short time on earth. now, her soul is free, she is with jesus, and you will all be together again one day.
peace, hon.
C
God bless you.
Tuesday would love that you are still living life. I just started reading your blog when Suz posted about you on her blog. My heart goes out to you and your family.
Such beautiful pictures. Praying for your family every day. *Hugs. Love. More Hugs.*
What wonderful pictures. So happy to see you and your family laughing and playing. I agree with some posts that Tuesday was with you in all of it. Thank you for updating us. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
What great pictures,and I’m happy to see tht you are still living your lives as Tuesday would want you to. I think of your family often.
Love the pictures. Love to see you guys smiling.
Praying for you every day.
Awesome photos – thanks for sharing! I can’t even begin to tell you how nice it was to see you on Saturday night – Thanks.
You have been on my mind! You have been in my prayers. Sending smiles your way! In Gods love! Stacy
Please know that we are praying for you guys. We think of you everyday. Love, cindy lou and maddie xoxoxox
Wow! What wonderful pictures and beautiful smiles. Praying and thinking of you & your precious family.
Not a Tuesday goes by since I found your family do I not think of her:) Your eloquence is inspirational! The photos are spectacular! Thank you for allowing us to be part of your journey:)
Wrapping big angel hugs around you all!
Those are awesome! How did you make them? I need to get more creative like that!
These pictures are gorgeous. Hoping you are doing okay.
Beautiful pictures!
Your smiles are infectious my dear JK and family! Such beautiful fun pictures that I’m so happy to see. Life is definately for living!!! Love you all xoxox
I continue to pray for your family.
That is beautiful, I think about you guys every day.
I’ve never met you but,I think of you, sweet Tuesday, and your family almost every day. I pray for you, and your family almost every day.
I started following your blog shortly before you lost your sweet baby girl, but this is my first comment. I was drawn in for two reasons when I first happened upon your blog- the first was that your girls were born just a few short weeks before I gave birth to my first surrogate daughter and the memories of that time in my life are so sweet and full of joy. The second was that one of your daughters is named Piper and I too have a Piper of my own. It is a name that I have not encountered anywhere else other than the blogger world. I instantly loved you for having such awesome naming style!
As I read of the horrific day that you found out Tuesday was sick my heart plunged and I dissolved in tears that wracked my whole body. I read through the following posts and felt such pain for people that in all likelihood I will never have the chance to know in this life. There has not been a day since that you, your family and your sweet Tuesday have not been in my heart, thoughts and prayers. My Piper (who is almost 7) asked me one day why I was crying. I told her that I was reading a sad blog about a sick baby girl. She asked me what was wrong and I told her. She, who has begged us for a sister of her own for years, said that she would pray that your Piper got to keep her sister and that God could keep the one she was praying for instead.
Tuesday has touched my heart and changed my life. I hug my kids closer, I raise my voice less and I don’t take a single moment for granted. My heart breaks for the loss you have been dealt. We would like to walk in our local Relay for Life walk in Tuesday’s honor if that is okay with you and your family.
My prayers and thoughts are with you always. My Piper is sending a cyber hug to your little Piper.
The pictures are awesome! You and your family look great. Missing Tuesday for you and your family. My prayers for you all.
Praying hard right now!
Psalms 18:28-33 For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet, and setteth me upon my high places.
Prayer Bears
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I am so sorry you lost Tuesday. Thank you for sharing your journey and guiding those who don’t know the right words to say. I am so very glad to see you are finding and showing your children the true meaning of life. Tuesday was definitely making a snowman, smiling at Mickey, and swimming in the ocean alongside all of you. I think and pray for your family everyday.
Gorgeous photos! You are right.. life IS for living… glad to see you all enjoying time together. We are continuing to pray for you all every day. (((hugs)))
Beautiful pictures…..looks like a lot of fun.
Still praying for your broken hearts.
Big hug from me in Indiana.
what an amazing blog, I am greiving also, for the loss of my son, it will 3 years to the day on the 5th of march…a hard day, a hard three years, sending you love and gratitude for the time that we do have!!!
xxx
Wonderful memories, beautiful family, inspirational love…My heart is touched by your blessed blog. You are a Light to us all.
Sending you prayers for Gentle Peace.
Know that I’m continuing to pray!
1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Prayer Bears
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Laugh when you can. Cry when you can. Smile when you can. Scream when you can. Be man all you want. Be happy for what continues to shine in your life and live.
I continue to pray for you daily.
I love all the pictures and miss you so much. I am so glad I got to see you and the boys and precious Piper. I think about you all the time. Your sidebar made me cry (again). I just can’t think of anything to say other than how much I truly love you all.
Jessica.
It is so wonderful that you are showing your children that life must go on no matter what happens. I pray for you and your family daily. Thank you for sharing Tuesday with us through your blog. You are a special person.