About Me

Welcome to our blog!! This is a blog about our life, mostly from Jennifer's perspective. We were married in July 2007 at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas and then sealed together for eternity in the Albuquerque New Mexico Temple in June 2009. We welcomed Ms. Ellie Sophia into our lives on February 9, 2010 and she is absolutely the light of our lives. Then we added Silas Ian on January 4, 2013 and his smile just brightens our days. We live in Rio Rancho, New Mexico where Justin works as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and I pursue my PhD in Nursing while being a stay at home mom! Life is so chaotic but we really couldn't ask for a more perfect life!

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Mountain


Justin and I recently spent some time visiting with a older gentleman who lost his wife a little over a year ago. They had been married for over 50 years and were incredibly close....as one can imagine. Upon her death he had her cremated and he trekked up the mountains to spread her ashes, as was her wish. She had spent many days and nights looking at these very same mountains throughout the past few years especially the last few when she was rather ill. She'd sit in her recliner and gaze out from their apartment view and stare at these mountains. When talking about her he pointed out the window and said, "There she is," as he fondly gazed out the same window telling us the story of how he had spread her ashes on the mountain top. Now each day he sits in his recliner and gazes out the window, as his wife had done many times before, and can "see" her from where he sits. As he looked out the window he said, "I think about her every day.....not a day goes by that she's not in my thoughts."

This is love.