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A Day at Wing Haven

 

Wing Haven from the front gate

 

This weekend, the family and I went to Wing Haven, here in North Carolina, and I have found a new place I love, and it will be a repeat visit.

The Wing Haven Gardens are a pair of gardens outside of uptown Charlotte, near Queen's College. They are not botanical gardens as much as they are, what I would call, "real" gardens, planted and cultivated by a pair of homeowners in their backyards. I could go into the details of who created them and why, but if you cick the link above, you'll find the official website, which gives you far more information than I could manage.

Instead of sharing all of the information, I will share some of the pictures I took during our visit.

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My Day of Sorrow

Fresh From The Oven

Today is the ten year anniversary of the death of my daughter.  Evey year I know its coming, but it still hits me like a hammer blow to the stomach.  I would be lying if I didn't say that it has gotten a little easier to deal with as the years have gone by, but easier is a very relative thing. I no longer spend the day crying. I can function reasonably well at work. I don't have to fight the urge to get completely and utterly wasted. I do fight back the tears from time to time. I look at her picture periodically and wonder what she would look like today and what she would be. I promised last month to share more of the story of my daughter, so here it is. Continue reading

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