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Today has been a tough day. This morning we found out that Sara's grandpa died last night, she was able to spend the whole day with her family and all my girls went to pick her up with Wilbert and Mario now, I am waiting for their return.

And after posting all those precious pictures of our sweet Gallo Pinto, she died. My kids have really taken this hard, lots of tears from all! I think it is a combination of her dying but also holding everything together for these last 2 and half weeks. They have been amazing and this really allowed them to let go of all the difficult things they have seen and the tough situations they have been in.

We had a sweet little buriel for her, Josh prayed and we buried her near the chicken coop. What a funny thing that a tiny little chick can bring so much joy for a few days! Thank you Jesus!

Love you all, thanks for the comments, I look forward to every one!!!! Good night.

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  1. LifeJuly 8, 2009 at 8:45 PM

    Sorry to hear about Gallo Pinto. Tough for the kids but probably great time to sit down and prossess all that they have experienced so far, especially before Dwight and the CCF teams comes down. They just have one more day before they get to have their dad come and I am sure they are so excited! We just sent Dwight & Bella home after they joined us for dinner. It was good catching up with him and look forward to having him back when he returns. I think he enjoyed not cooking! :) You are in our prayers!

    Love Scott & Amy

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