My DH clearly thinks housework is overrated because he surprised me today with the latest version Print Shop.  Now my day has been sucked away but my loss is your gain because there are some cool new products up at my cafepress store.   I've added a really, really sweet kids' fireman shirt, some new "hottie" wear for huband's and wives, and in those same sections some coordinating husband and wife shirts and hats.   There is also some cute, not quite in time for mother's day, mom shirts.  I particularly like the rebus one but the other new one is very sweet and true! 

So please, stop by, browse, enjoy and share the link to the store with all your friends!

www.cafepress.com/heaboutique

You absolutely should!  It is incredibly beautiful and such a testament to Grace.

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"It's like Brandon doesn't even have a mom."  Stephen told me today these were the first words Brandon's mom ever said to him.  I can't imagine the guilt and anguish that went into those words.  At that point she had been in the hospital so many times that we'd never actually had an opportunity to meet her.  Even though Stephen and Brandon had been best friends for 6 months he'd never actually seen Brandon's mom, not at his birthday party, not at school, not at any of the normal places you'd expect to see an 8 year old child's mom.  She was an intellectual concept to us.  But for her, oh for her, she must have felt so frustrated, so ineffectual, so increasingly tangential to her son's life.  The inability to be there, physically, when so desperately wanting to be.....I can't imagine it.  And on top of that to know that you won't see your child grow up, graduate, get married.....it would be hard to find the joy of Heaven in all that grief and loss.  I think in the end her grief must have been greater than anyone else's except perhaps Brandon's because he's too young to really understand Heaven and what awaits his mother and take comfort in that.    So hug your babies today and let the laundry go for awhile so you can remember what's really important.

God bless.