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I spent the last few days making a slideshow video tribute of Gabe. It took a lot of tears to make it, but I am so happy I did. I love the way it came out. Feel free to check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N66S-vt5sI8

It is also on Gabe's website at www.gabriel-nava.virtual-memorials.com

WOW.....Tuesday Shane's Grandmother passed away. Two little girls...ages 5 and 2 lost their lives in a flood accident.
Were we live in Indiana we have had very bad flooding.
Shane's Grandmother had a major part in raising him. So this was a difficult time for us.
We had to explain to the girls that we could not go, only Daddy, because Shelby has to stay in her own environment.
The little girls that lost their lives- they were close in age to my youngest. It seems like ...

A year ago today... some times it feels like it was a life time ago, other days it feels like it was yesterday. My last day with Gabe, even though tomorrow will be the anniversary of his angel day, today was really the last day. I have re-lived the day a thousand times in my dreams-of course that day was more like a nightmare. We were clutching on the smallest bit of hope we had left, feeling the desperation of it all slipping away. Slowly accepting the final reality of it all, and what we had to ...

In 2005, I rekindled with my high school sweetheart, Scott, after 10 long years of no contact & many dead end relationships. We arrainged to meet Christmas in New York while I was home for the holidays. It was love at first site. After a few months of a long distant relationship, we decided that we had to be together. Me being a single mother of Justin (11 yrs. old) knew that I couldn't pick up & run off to N.Y. Scott was able to transfer his job here to K.C. so he moved from N.Y. ...

Josie will be 4 months old on the 13th. She has been home since December 5, 2007. We've been to the special care clinic, surgery clinic and the pediatrican a couple times each now. Josie is doing really well. At the time of discharge she weighed 15 lbs. 12 oz. She lost 4 oz. the first couple weeks home but has now gained them back plus two. Josie gets all her feedings through an NG tube. Since she was on the ventilator since birth she has never taken food orally. The surgeons are not comfortable ...