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Feedbackula - SimCity Server Outrage
SimCity had a pretty tough launch week, all things considered, so Johnny's here to rub salt in the wound.
Feedbackula - Thief Unveiled!
Johnny has been stalking the shadows to listen in to what you've been saying about the newly announced Thief. Not all of it was nice.
Feedbackula - Tomb Raider Time!
Lara Croft is back with a new sense of determination, and a more sensible cup size. Not all of you seem happy about it, so Johnny's back to take a look at what's been said.
Feedbackula - PS4mageddon!
Johnny sifts through the community reaction to find out what you've been saying since Sony's PS4 announcement.
Feedbackula - Dead Space 3 Horrorgasm
Dead Space 3 is out, and not everybody's happy about it. Johnny steps into Isaac's sweaty suit to see what you've been saying about EA's latest.
Feedbackula - Future Console Hate Speech!
If rumours are to be believed, we're on the verge of seeing a whole new generation of consoles - so obviously PC and console gamers are going at each other tooth and nail. Find out what they're saying, why not?
Feedbackula - To The Heart of the Swarm!
Johnny gets in touch with his inner zergling to see what you've been saying now the StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm cinematic has been released.
Feedbackula - DmC: Devil May Cry Outrage Bonanza!
DmC: Devil May Cry is out, and some people are none too happy about it. Johnny throws himself headlong into the comments section to see what you've been saying.
Feedbackula - Far Cry 3 Review Special!
Johnny takes to the comment section of the recent Far Cry 3 review in search of that elusive definition of insanity. Warning: contains insanity.
Feedbackula - Sexism special
Against his better judgement Johnny wades into the raging gender debate sparked by the #1reasonwhy hashtag.
Feedbackula - Wii U Launch Bonanza!
Johnny may be in Paris, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been watching what you say about the Wii U launch line-up.
Feedbackula - Black Ops 2 Outrage Special!
Johnny straps on some kevlar and steps into the line of fire to find out what you've been saying about Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Feedbackula - Halo 4 Review Mayhem!
Seb steps in this week to take a look at what you made of the newly-released Xbox exclusive, Halo 4. A lot of love, and a lot of hate.
Feedbackula - Assassin's Creed review bonanza!
With reviews of Assassin's Creed 3 and AC3: Liberation hitting the site, Johnny blends into the crowd to hear what they've been saying about Ubisoft's latest.
Feedbackula - Assassin's Creed movie special!
Johnny braces himself for a look at what you've been saying now the Assassin's Creed movie is back on track.
Feedbackula - Black Ops 2 and Skyrim
This week, Johnny picks your finest (and foulest) comments concerning Black Ops 2 and Skyrim DLC.
Feedbackula - Dishonored! Stealth! Comments!
This week, Johnny takes a look at what you've been saying about Dishonored and the state of stealth gameplay. Warning: may contain opinions.
Feedbackula - Resident Evil 6 Special
This week Johnny faces the hordes of commenters talking about our Resident Evil 6 review. Is there really No Hope Left? Tune in and find out!
Feedbackula - Consoles vs PCs vs Japan
This week, Johnny rakes through the settling dust of Tokyo Game Show 2012 to find out what our commenters think about Japan's place in the PC market.
Feedbackula - Borderlands 2 Special
In this the second episode of Feedbackula, Johnny looks at what you've been saying about Borderlands 2 behind its back. Spoilers: not all of it is polite.
Feedbackula - Aliens: Colonial Marines! No Dawnguard on PS3?
In the pilot episode of Feedbackula, Johnny admires Aliens: Colonial Marines' Battle Rifle sound, lets Seb slap him, and wades into the current rage over Dawnguard possibly not coming to PS3.
Feedbackula - Season 2 Teaser
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January 11, 2013
Pascal Pape will spearhead France's quest for Six Nations glory © Getty Images
Stade Francais lock Pascal Pape will lead France into this year's Six Nations despite the return to fitness of Toulouse flanker Thierry Dusautoir.
Pape, 32, will continue in the role he occupied during the end of year internationals that saw France account for Australia, Argentina and Samoa with coach Philippe Saint-Andre opting to ease Dusautoir back into the international set-up.
Dusautoir has led his country on 31 times and memorably steered them to the 2011 Rugby World Cup final in New Zealand where they were beaten by the hosts. The 31-year-old is also a former International Rugby Board Player of the Year.
"Your captain has to be an automatic first choice," explained Sain-Andre. "With regards to Thierry, we don't want to put him under too much pressure. We want to give him time to come back. Pascal played very well in November. Once more it's a nice problem to have. If I only had problems like that, it would be brilliant."
Saint-Andre confirmed his skipper having unveiled his latest squad that also sees a recall for Toulon centre Mathieu Bastareaud who has not featured for Les Bleus since 2010. Clermont fullback Jean-Marcellin Buttin also returns to the selection mix with Toulouse's Maxime Medard left out despite his recovery from a knee injury. The only uncapped player in the squad is 22-year-old Perpignan lock Romain Taofifeuna.
"Maxime has made a good return to action but Jean-Marcellin (Buttin) plays more often in the 15," said Saint-Andre. "Of course, we will continue to follow Max Medard but we know he will need time to recover after an injury like his."
The 33-man squad will be cut to 23 players on January 28 with France kicking off their Six Nations campaign against Italy in Rome on February 3.
France training squad:
Forwards (19): Vincent Debaty (Clermont), Thomas Domingo (Clermont), Yannick Forestier (Castres), Benjamin Kayser (Clermont), Guilhem Guirado (Perpignan), Dimitri Szarzewski (Racing-Metro), David Attoub (Stade Français), Luc Ducalcon (Racing-Metro), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Yoann Maestri (Toulouse), Pascal Pape (Stade Francais, capt), Jocelino Suta (Toulon), Romain Taofifenua (Perpignan), Damien Chouly (Clermont), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Wenceslas Lauret (Biarritz), Yannick Nyanga (Toulouse), Fulgence Ouedraogo (Montpellier), Louis Picamoles (Toulouse)
Backs (14): Maxime Machenaud (Racing-Metro), Morgan Parra (Clermont), Frederic Michalak (Toulon), François Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Mathieu Bastareaud (Toulon), Jean-Marcellin Buttin (Clermont), Vincent Clerc (Toulouse), Brice Dulin (Castres), Benjamin Fall (Racing-Metro), Gael Fickou (Toulouse), Wesley Fofana (Clermont), Florian Fritz (Toulouse), Yoann Huget (Toulouse), Maxime Mermoz (Toulon)
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Russell Brand is still busy promoting his 'Messiah Complex' comedy tour, and this time around he talked to the UK paper the Mirror, which allowed him to tell amusing anecdotes (rather than belittling him).
To wit: There was that time he tried to mack on Mila Kunis, but all she wanted to talk about was then-boyfriend Macaulay Culkin.
This particular story took place around the time Kunis and Brand were filming the 2008 movie 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' together, and in his free time he hit on her because, hi, this is Russell Brand we're talking about.
"She's so gorgeous, just so gorgeous and I was chatting her up and got the conversation around to 'have you got a boyfriend,' and then you know that feeling of 'how long do I have to entertain a conversation?'" Brand told the newspaper. "Then I go away and she keeps talking about her boyfriend Mac."
"Eventually she said he's coming tomorrow and there was some sort of fanfare, she was so excited. Then when he came it wasn't Mac – it was Macaulay Culkin. He'd got longer and looked pale and scared of himself, like a shaved horse. There was a horror about him," Brand joked.
"I thought, 'You can't f–k him – that's the lad from Home Alone!'"
It's not hard to imagine that someday, someone else will hit on her, and he'll tell this exact same story — only perhaps he'll be horrified the bedmate in question is "the lad from 'Two and a Half Men.'"


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 43 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
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Bahamas renaming bridge for Poitier
A bridge in the Bahamas is being renamed to honor Sidney Poitier, who spent part of his childhood in the island chain east of Florida.
Prime Minister Perry Christie says the Paradise Island Bridge will be rechristened as part of next month's 40th anniversary celebration of Bahamian independence. Christie says the film star is being honored because of his life story and diplomacy. Poitier has been Bahamian ambassador to Japan and UNESCO.
The Oscar-winning actor, 88, was born in the United States but spent much of his childhood on Cat Island, a sparsely populated island in the central Bahamas.
The Paradise Island Bridge is the largest in the Bahamas. It connects the capital to the Atlantis resort, one of the region's main tourist destinations.
Qatar Airways joins alliance of carriers
Qatar Airways is joining an alliance of airlines, including American Airlines, British Airways and nine other carriers, that coordinate routes and allow passengers to earn frequent-flier miles on one another's flights.
The inclusion in the Oneworld alliance — aimed at allowing passengers to hop around the globe more easily — signals the growing importance of Persian Gulf carriers such as Doha-based Qatar.
It will take 12 to 18 months for Qatar to join the alliance. Oneworld competes with SkyTeam, a group of airlines including Delta Air Lines, and the Star Alliance, which includes United Airlines and US Airways.
Frequent business travelers like alliances because they are able to earn and redeem frequent flier miles with the partners, use alliance airport lounges and book complicated trips on one itinerary. A flier could travel on a Cathay Pacific, British Airways or Iberia Airlines flight, for example, and earn American Airlines miles for those trips.
Landmark embassy to be restored in Rome
A Rome embassy that counts Michelangelo among its designers may allow the public to view wall and stucco paintings by one of the Carracci brothers after a yearlong restoration is completed.
The Palazzo Farnese — home of the French Embassy and one of Renaissance Rome's architectural jewels — has launched a tender offer for the restoration of the Carracci Gallery. The paintings and stucco decoration were completed by Annibale Carracci between 1597 and 1607.
The World Monuments Fund, an independent organization, is providing some of the funding.
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If there's one place in Afghanistan where America's counterinsurgency doctrine appears to be working, it's in a remote corner of Paktika province about 10 miles from the border with Pakistan.
When Gen. David Petraeus took control of US forces in Iraq in 2007 he implemented the doctrine, which relied on separating the insurgency from the civilian population and building infrastructure and local government to prevent militants' return. It was soon adopted by US forces in Afghanistan as well, and some glimmers of success are beginning to emerge.
However, with the 10-year anniversary of the war on Oct. 7 and the troop drawdown already begun, the question may not be whether the US can succeed, but if they have enough time to succeed.
During the past two years, US forces have managed to secure Paktika's Zerok district and begin building up the local government. Now they're just beginning to expand efforts into the neighboring Naka District. Despite nearly daily attacks on US troops in Naka until mid-September, among those tasked with securing it, there's much optimism.
"For the first couple months I was a little doubtful. When we first got here we had trouble getting Afghan forces out [on patrol]. I wasn't sure how we were going to get it to work. But in the last couple weeks it's gotten a lot better," says US Army Lt. Sidney Talley. "I think it's feasible to get a solid stepping-stone to what a centralized government should look like here."
Despite the progress in Zerok and Naka, the counterinsurgency strategy the US military is relying on in Afghanistan takes an average of 15 years to work properly, say experts.
Among the soldiers, there is some frustration with challenges, but most are confident that they can accomplish their objectives despite the constraints.
"We have a very short timeline and I wish we would have come with that sense of urgency we have now," says Lt. Col. Rafael Paredes, deputy commander of the 172nd Infantry brigade in Paktika. "We're running out of time, so we're really pushing the Afghans to take the lead."
International forces have invested considerable time and resources into developing Afghan security over the past several years. Afghan forces are now about 300,000-strong. US soldiers throughout Afghanistan say there's also been substantial qualitative improvements.
"They continue to make progress everyday on their own during independent patrols. They're really taking the lead without pressure from us," says Capt. Kevin Koser, executive officer for Bravo Company 2-28 Infantry Battalion. "It's only going to be as strong as the people who remain here."
The US military in Afghanistan sees its job now as providing as much stability as possible while legitimizing the Afghan security forces in the eyes of the locals, so they can continue the work.
In Naka district, a remote area situated at the bottom of a valley surrounded by towering mountains, the area has been without any trace of government for years. Most of the residents make their living through farming. Without any real roads, they remain cut off from the rest of the country, and susceptible to militants.
Several years ago, the US funded the construction of a government building there, which was later destroyed by insurgents. If the Afghan government hopes to have any influence in the area, the US military and Afghan forces must find a way to move the region toward lasting stability.
"They really don't have any governance in Naka, so we're trying to get in there as soon as possible," says SFC Dustin Humphrey.
Tensions on the rise
Meanwhile, internal politics in Afghanistan are more tense than they've been in years. Fears are mounting that the nation may be headed toward another civil war, especially after the assassination of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani stirred already strained ethnic fault lines.
Many Afghans are concerned that US politicians are either unable or unwilling to significantly alter the Afghan war policy. And the growing sentiment among observers is that no matter how well the US military performs in Afghanistan, the situation may already be beyond its control.
"The military is doing an excellent job, and, really, they are doing more than they are expected to do. But the military cannot compensate for the political leadership," says Davood Moradian, a professor of political science at the American University of Afghanistan. "There is no political ownership of the Afghan war in Washington, or in Kabul for that matter."
Still, the question remains, even if US and Afghan forces has time to bring security to a place like Naka, what is the area's long-term future?
The answer depends largely on what, if any services the local government will be able to provide. Throughout Afghanistan, most district governments lack a budget to do anything more than pay the staff. Money for any projects or development comes from international donor and military support.
"Everywhere in Afghanistan, when there was peace the people stopped supporting the government because it wouldn't provide services and again insecurity returned," says Hilaluddin Hilal, a former deputy of the Ministry of Interior and current member of parliament for Baghlan Province. The key to stability in Afghanistan, he says, is a strong, trustworthy government. "If the situation is like this, then you will never have peace anywhere."


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The National Education Technology Plan is the flagship educational technology policy document for the United States. The Plan articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible. While acknowledging the continuing need to provide greater equity of access to technology itself, the plan goes further to call upon all involved in American education to ensure equity of access to transformational learning experiences enabled by technology. The principles and examples provided in this document align to the Activities to Support the Effective Use of Technology (Title IV A) of Every Student Succeeds Act as authorized by Congress in December 2015.
In order to keep pace with the changes we are seeing in schools, districts, and states on an almost daily basis, we are updating the NETP more often. Feedback from our stakeholders indicates that the previous five year update cycle was not frequent enough. In response, with this 2017 update, we commence a pattern of yearly, smaller scale updates to the NETP.
- Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education. National Education Technology Plan (2016)
- Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology. National Education Technology Plan (2010)
- Toward A New Golden Age In American Education—How the Internet, the Law and Today's Students Are Revolutionizing Expectations (2004)
- eLearning: Putting a World-Class Education at the Fingertips of All Children (2000)
- Getting America's Students Ready for the 21st Century: Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge (1996)
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Double-crested cormorants are large, fish-eating waterbirds that occur throughout Oregon, and are particularly prevalent in the state's estuaries during April through September. Research suggests that cormorants may eat significant numbers of juvenile salmon and steelhead that migrate to the ocean during this time.
To reduce threat to young fish, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is working with several nonprofit and local governmental organizations to haze cormorants in six coastal estuaries over the next two to four months.
Hazing will take place as early as March 27 and continue in most areas throughMay 31 in the Nehalem, Nestucca, and Coquille river estuaries and in Tillamook and Alsea bays. The program could continue through July 31 in Astoria, where the Clatsop County Fisheries Project manages a salmon rearing program.
Hazing generally will take place during the morning and evening hours, when cormorants feed most actively, in the bays and estuaries where young fish tend to linger as they make the transition from fresh to salt water.
Hazing will involve driving at the birds in small boats and, in some estuaries, firing at them with small pyrotechnics. Hazing workers are being provided by the Clatsop County Fisheries Project, Port of Nehalem, Port of Bandon, North Coast Salmon and Steelhead Enhancement Fund, and Alsea Sportsmen's Association. ODFW will provide a portion of the funding and program oversight.
Hazing is designed to disrupt the birds' feeding patterns long enough to give the young fish a chance to pass through the estuaries unharmed. The outbound migration of juveniles of several species of salmon and steelhead peaks in springtime. Some of these spring migrants, such as coho salmon, wild steelhead, and chum salmon, are listed by the state as sensitive species that are at some degree of conservation risk. Coho salmon are listed as "threatened" in Oregon under the Endangered Species Act. Cormorant hazing is expected to benefit both listed wild fish and hatchery fish, which are not listed but are vital to commercial and recreational fisheries on the coast.
In a separate but related project, ODFW staff will collect up to 50 double-crested cormorants each in Tillamook Bay and at the mouths of the Rogue and Umpqua rivers. This is part of an ongoing study that will assess the diet of double-crested cormorants in Oregon estuaries. Oregon has a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that allows for limited collection of double-crested cormorants, a protected species under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act.


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After 25 years, Collins Center closes amid financial woes
The Collins Center for Public Policy, one of the state's most respected think tanks, announced Thursday it is closing its doors after 25 years as a non-partisan Miami-based policy center.
A roller coaster period of growth, followed by recession-induced decline over the last two years, led to a financial fall from which the organization, named after former Gov. LeRoy Collins, could not recover.
"This is a sad, somber day for the Collins Center, the causes it espoused so valiantly, the numerous people and organizations the center helped and those who've fought to save it from a fiscal abyss that proved too deep to overcome,'' said Merrett R. Stierheim, the board's most recent chairman, in a statement.
Parker Thomson, a Miami lawyer who served as the board's long-time chairman, said the center had been "the standard bearer for the legacy of former Gov. LeRoy Collins and his vision for a better Florida."
For years, the center was called upon to craft solutions to difficult policy challenges, Thomson said. It became the "conscience of Florida" on issues as diverse as ethics and election reforms, racial and ethnic discrimination, public safety, the environment, natural disasters, education, constitutional amendments and smart growth.
In the last election cycle, the center became a go-to source of non-partisan information on the lengthy list of constitutional amendments on the November ballot.
In recent years, the center offered services in foreclosure mediation, launching a program to provide financial counseling and mediation services in six of the 18 judicial districts. During that time, the center increased its staff 62 percent to meet the need and to draw mediation revenue from Fannie Mae.
"Those changes, however, were not nearly offset by grant revenue,'' the center said in a press release on Thursday.
Financial problems deepened, however, when Miami-Dade County canceled its foreclosure mediation contract with the center and a robo-signing scam triggered cancellation of the judicial mediation program altogether. The center's revenues dropped from $15.4 million in 2010 to $9.5 million in 2011 and its net revenues declined from $4.3 million to a loss of $4.2 million by July 2011.
Stierheim, the former Miami Dade County manager, was recruited to serve as interim president and CEO in August 2011. After ordering deep staff reductions and other cost savings, the center appeared headed for a turn-around.
In March 2012, the board recruited and hired Ann Henderson, then-director of the Graham Center for Public Policy at the University of Florida, to replace Stierheim. But the financial woes continued. The center lost its only remaining source of revenue — its financial counseling and mediation contract with Fannie Mae — in the fall of 2012.
"Over the past several months, we have striven to generate additional revenue,'' Henderson said in a statement. "We have eliminated most positions, closed several offices and negotiated equipment leases and other obligations, but it has not been sufficient to survive."
The board has now voted to file for administrative dissolution and immediately cease all operations. The next step is to settle its debt to its creditors, Henderson said.


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Street Credibility: Homeless Protesters Fight For Recognition
It's one thing to see a homeless woman rummaging through the trash for food, or a man standing alone on a street corner begging for change. But quite another to watch dozens of homeless sleeping in front of a billion-dollar corporation to make a political statement.
Such grassroots-style organizing is typical for members of SHARE (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort), a group of Seattle homeless who eschew handouts in favor of camps, shelters—and political protests—that they organize themselves. Last fall, they slept outside the Gates Foundation for 11 nights to illustrate their belief that successful corporations have an obligation to aid the poor in their communities. As the number of homeless rises in many cities, SHARE's tactics may be gaining traction.
"I don't completely empathize with Occupy Wall Street," said Lantz Rowland, 56, a member of SHARE who describes himself as a laid-off tech geek, homeless since 1996. "But in terms of what's happening with living-wage jobs, affordable housing, and record corporate profits, yeah, these are true things."
Last month, 100 residents of Seattle's homeless encampments rallied to demand policy changes from the local Committee to End Homelessness, a coalition of government, faith, and business leaders. "Creation of an economic justice agenda" was among SHARE's top demands.
Hardly language of the meek.
SHARE has also sent letters to the heads of Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft and other high-flying Seattle corporations, demanding recognition of the relationship between corporate profits, tax breaks, and cuts to social services.
"Five years ago, things like that were seen as radical," observed Scott Morrow, a consultant for the group. "But not now. People get it—at least homeless people get it. They weren't even talking about the economic system five years ago."
While some of SHARE's strategies—say, camping in front of city council members' homes to protest funding cuts—are controversial, they could spread. Self-managed communities of the homeless have cropped up from Sacramento to Portland, and often they ask SHARE for advice.


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"Pursuing God and His purposes in the company of friends"
A spiritual formation small group (we call them Life Groups) is smaller in number (usually 8-15), and more intimate in nature and purpose. Our Life Groups are modeled after what we see in the early church (esp. Acts 2:42-47), with people meeting together regularly (in our case weekly or bi-weekly) for teaching, fellowship, prayer, meeting needs, etc. Life Groups are led by trained and spiritually mature people who create and maintain a safe environment in which the group members can live out the one anothers of life (serve one another … encourage one another … pray for one another … bear one another's burdens … love one another … etc). Life Groups meet in people's homes throughout the week and throughout our geographic area.
There is a place for everyone, so we hope you'll join us. You will find a listing of life groups that have space for addtitional members by clicking the "Find A Life Group" button below. You can fill out the "Contact this Group" form to directly connect with a leader to schedule a visit or to ask a question. You may also email Cathy Thornton for assistance. Feel free to visit more than one group too. Note that most of our groups take a break from their regular schedule during the summer so please bear with us if you don't hear back from a leader immediately. Please do not use our life group finder to solicit any business, thank you!
The Life Groups Ministry is looking for a few good men and women who would consider being a leader/facilitator of a Life Group. If you have a desire to build authentic relationships, to experience biblical community, to see transformation in yourself and others, and to make a difference in God's Kingdom here on earth, then you already have what it takes. If you're interested or have questions, contact Cathy at email@example.com.
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Blue Ox, a key supplier of towing and hitching products, has introduced two new solutions to assist RVers with dinghy towing.
According to a press release, the new LED taillight wiring kits are not only brighter than standard bulb and socket kits, but are also smaller for easier installation. The kits install independent of the towed vehicle's wiring, preventing back feed or warranty issues with the vehicle manufacturer. They're available in both clear and red as a complete wiring kit or 10 packs of bulbs only.
Blue Ox's fuse bypass switches are available in four different models. The switches provide a convenient alternative to the constant removal and re-installation of the fuse when changing from the towed mode to the driving mode.
The swithces offer a simple, one-time installation of the fuse switch allows for push button activation and deactivation of the fuse.


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Apparently St. Patrick's Day isn't just about drinking, fighting and public urination (but don't get us wrong, it is about that too). Luckily, here to explain the true meaning of the day celebrating all things Irish is Kristen Stewart (or at least a sputtering, blinking impression of her.)
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The action movie "2 Guns" showed some firepower Friday night, earning an estimated $10 million on the path to what's expected to be a weekend topping the box office rankings.
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The weekend's other major opening, the animated sequel "Smurfs 2," is performing as expected with an estimated $5.5 million earned on Friday, which takes its total thus far to roughly $15 million since its opening on Wednesday. The film should land in third place on the box office rankings, and these numbers place the film on track to open behind the 2011 original, which earned $35.6 million in its three-day opening weekend.
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FIRST, SHE took a two-week, mini-maternity leave. Then, she ordered all employees to report to the office every day.
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo's new, 37-year-old CEO, is a new mother who isn't sending family-friendly workplace messages. Instead, it looks like she's trying to out-macho the men who run most of America's boardrooms.
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That's right, I'm going to the First Annual Mesoamerican Birding Festival. Now while Mike has enjoyed birding the neotropics (the sub-tropical and tropical parts of the New World) and Charlie has birded, well, pretty much everywhere, I have never birded outside of the temperate zone. While I am set in terms of the field guides I'll be using and have studied hard to get a slight grasp on the birds I might see (Resplendant Quetzal has me drooling already) I am still worried about what to bring with me. While the festival organizers have shared with me a useful checklist of things to bring, and Julie Zickefoose, who is also going on the trip, has been helpful, I figured that asking 10,000 Birds' diverse and knowledgeable readership would be helpful too.
Now it's not like I am going to be camping out in the jungle with scorpions crawling on my face while I am asleep. No, it looks like accommodations are going to be comfortable, and in some ways, luxurious. The Lodge at Pico Bonito, which has compiled a bird list of over 400 species on its grounds, looks wonderful (and an email from a manager there that had as an attachment a picture of a Blue-crowned Motmot, made me start drooling again). Hotel Las Glorias looks outstanding as well, and the idea of nearly two weeks in Honduras focusing almost entirely on birds, well, I might have to see a doctor about this drool problem I seem to be having…
Blue-crowned Motmot by James Adams, The Lodge at Pico Bonito (used with permission)
Right now, my list of birding-related equipment to bring includes my camera, several lenses, extra memory cards, my binoculars, my scope and tripod, two field guides (Ber Van Perlo's Birds of Mexico and Central America, part of the Princeton Illustrated Checklists series, and Steve Howell and Sophie Webb's A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America), John Kricher's A Neotropical Companion, my optical cleaning kit, pens and a notebook. I will most likely be bringing my laptop for downloading the pics I get and to occasionally blog and check email while I am in Honduras (there will be much more blogging upon my return). In terms of clothing I plan to bring a full complement of underwear and socks, a couple pairs each of cargo shorts and cargo pants, several T-shirts, some long-sleeved shirts, a single hooded sweatshirt or windbreaker, a couple of caps, a pair of flip-flops, and a pair of sturdy New Balance sneakers. I am still debating whether or not I am going to take malaria medication or get my doctor to provide me with doxycycline in case it seems like I am getting malaria and cyprofloxacin in case I start to, umm, leak from my nether regions. I will also be bringing over-the-counter pain medications and anti-diarrhea medication, sun-tan lotion, bug spray and a small first-aid kit.
We'll be birding everything from hotel grounds to cloud forests to mangrove swamps to Mayan ruins to straight-up rain forest. Temperatures should top out in the high eighties and bottom out in the high sixties (Fahrenheit). I expect rain and sun to alternate. Hot, humid weather makes me sweat like a horse but I imagine I'll be able to survive the heat: the real question is if I will survive the joy of seeing what folks I have talked to estimate will be over 200 life birds, to say nothing of a variety of mammals, bugs, plants, reptiles, and amphibians.
So, what am I forgetting? What advice do you have for a first-time neotropical birder? What are the odds of my head exploding? What should I look out for? What should I be sure to see?
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mangrove swamp = lots of mosquitos = long pants and long sleeved tops.
My advice = Take an African with ya!
I didn't take precautions for malaria when I went to CR, but a friend did in Ecuador and I might in Honduras. Apparently it makes you a bit queasy, but weighted against dying of malaria, queasiness is tolerable I guess.
The Kircher book is a great read before you go though. It allowed me to amaze my travel companions with bits of information they were undoubtedly bored stiff by…
N8 it sounds like you were the Cliff Clavin of Honduras 😉
I'd say leave the Kricher book home but read it before hand. It's pretty large if I recall (although mine is mysteriously missing from my bookshelf…) Definitely bring some good breathable, packable raingear. I'll send you my Costa Rica packing list if I remember to later.
Ha ha. Your enthusiasm is completely unbridled and rivals mine when I did my first tropical birding trips last year: Belize and Honduras. Talk about head exploding! Honduras is a lovely country and you'll visit some of the best birding places with the itinerary. Pico Bonito lodge and park is amazing…I cannot get the vision of the Lovely Cotinga out of my head….i climbed the observation tower in back of the lodge up 4-5 stories to look out over the green mountains and FAR off the distance was this electric torquoise blue bird with a purple throat and heart-shaped purple patch on its lower chest. It's torquoise "echoed" out over the sea of green foliage. I hope you enjoy the festival, I am sad I cannot make it myself. Just be wary of the huge snakes that make their way up the steps of the lodge…. : ) No foolin! Hope you have a great time, I'm sad I cannot make the trip myself!
Check this link out for some grounding about press trips:
(btw: I opted against any malaria meds. The disease is bad in the eastern Moskito coast, but I got off scott free around Pico Bonito, Olanchito, and Copan.)
cipro, definitely.
You're carrying too many books: read John Kricher's book before you go, leave the PIChecklist at home, and make enough notes that you can figure things out when you're back in your room.
You might also be overpacking clothes: I never wear shorts in the tropics, and tend to get by with just a pair of quick-dry 'cargo' pants and some cotton pants for the evenings. I'd lose the hooded jacket and windbreaker in favor of just a gortex rain jacket. You need only one cap; if it gets lost, you can borrow one at the hotel or buy one. You definitely want a headnet against bugs, too.
Have fun!
Corey: "I might have to see a doctor about this drool problem I seem to be having…" you're not thinking about eating the birds are you? If so, see a doctor before the trip.
The Neotropical Companion is a great book with lots of info.
When my family went to Tiskita Lodge in southern Costa Rica, we reached it via a small plane (a five-seater!) and were limited to 25 pounds of luggage per person. Don't over pack!
Well, I think you should camp out in the jungle (you'll see more that way, and not just birds) but any which way you bird the Neotropics you'll have a great time. Have fun with the multitudes of impossible greenish flycatcher tanager things. Learn as many vocalizations in advance as you can – find what you can on xeno-canto. Howell's is a great guide. Don't leave it behind, you'll need it in the field.
Have fun, take lots of pictures, and don't forget to pay attention to the lowly reptiles and amphibians (I can help with ID's).
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Hey Corey, I just ran across your post. You're going to have a GREAT time on this trip! Honduras is a superb destination for a first neotrop trip: loads of new species, but not just insanely diverse like, say, Peru. In other words, yes, your head will explode, but you'll be able to find and reassemble all the pieces. Pico Bonito is getting a lot of buzz as an outstanding lodge for birding — there's going to be a feature on it in the next issue of Audubon magazine. Advice: reading Kricher before you go is a great idea; for reading pleasure during the trip, there's a wealth of text in the Howell and Webb field guide. I'd encourage you to read that guide not just for field marks, but for all the fine info on behavior and habitats of the birds. Every species account includes a heading called "Habs." which stands for "Habitat and habits," and it's worthwhile to read these carefully, as well as reading the family introductions and the book's introductory chapters.
And always in the tropics, pay close attention to the sounds. Voice is even more important there than it is in temperate-zone birding. The late Ted Parker often commented that birding in tropical forest by sight alone was like watching the news on TV with the sound turned off: you miss a lot of what's going on.
Have a fabulous trip, and blog about it so we can share your adventures!
I may have mentioned this to you in Massachusetts, but I thought it was really helpful for me in Costa Rica.
If you get species lists for the places you're going, mark the plates in your field guide next to the birds you expect to see and where you expect to see them (I used like M = Monteverde, LS = La Selva, etc).
Species in the neotropics are so segregated by elevation and habitat that narrowing them down like that makes things more manageable and not so skull-shatteringly overwhelming. I imagine this would be especially useful in that you're using the Howell-Webb guide that includes birds all the way up into northern Mexico.
That way if you're faced with some Kiskadee like flycatcher or Woodcreeper, you won't be wasting your time eliminating a species that's closest range isn't within 1000 miles of you.
Corey, your list of what you need to bring makes me laugh. It reminds me of my first trips to the tropics and what I now carry. Partly in fun but also serious, have you updated your will? Next of kin know your movements and itinerary and where to contact you any time? This will give them some peace of mind while your head is exploding.
Tom (working in Liberia)
So exciting!
When you enter the country, the customs officer will give you back the yellow copy a customs form – keep this safe during your trip, you will need it when you leave the country.
There are four lines for customs in the San Pedro Sula airport, so if more than one plane arrives simultaneously (about three planes being the maximum capacity for the airport) you're in for a wait.
Make sure to have some cash when you leave. There is a departure tax, it was $35 as of December this year and only cash is taken.
Do not drink any water except AGUA AZUL or MERENDON.
I have never taken any malaria preventative.
Avoid attracting too much attention. Keep a low profile and stay safe.
I have been to Honduras three times, here are some birding thoughts I would share with you:
Some common birds that you'll likely find in disturbed areas (in no order) include Olive-throated (Aztec) Parakeet, White-fronted Parrot, Ruddy Ground Dove, Inca Dove, White-winged Dove, Red-billed Pigeon, Turquoise-browed Motmot, Social Flycatcher, Great Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird, Greyish Saltator, Black-headed Saltator, Red-throated Anttanager, Montezuma Oropendola (which makes the strangest noises of any bird ever), Great-tailed Grackle, Altamira Oriole, north American migrants (especially empidonax flycatchers and warblers esp. Dendroica) and Summer Tanager (abundant), Baltimore Oriole, scrubby disturbed areas will have Yellow-breasted Chat and Blue Grosbeak, Grey-crowned Yellow-throat (which have barely or dont have eyearcs in these parts)…Mangrove Swallows are among the swallows around San Pedro Sula airport and you'll get the first Tropical Kingbirds in the field by the airport in San Pedro Sula.
I don't know where to begin as far as "real" habitats. Cloud forest: common bush-tanager, Resplendent Quetzal, Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner, Golden-browed Warbler, Spot-crowned Woodcreeper, Unicolored Jay, just to name a very few.
Jorge Barraza, (you may meet him) my friend and a fantastic guide in Honduras whom I had the pleasure of birding with on my most recent trip got me Bushy-crested Jays and a Prevost's Ground Sparrow in the highlands of Departamento Santa Barbara, and the adjacent cloud forest had Emerald Toucanet, Ruddy-Nightingale Thrush, among many other cloud forest birds…
Around Lago Yojoa, keep your eyes peeled for the prize of a Spotted Rail. Around the lake, enjoy the wonderful ambiance and the wonderful birds – common birds around here include Spot-breasted Oriole, Yellow-winged Tanager, three species of kingfisher, many Least and Pied-billed Grebes, Bare-throated Tiger-heron, great numbers of Northern Jacana, Fork-tailed Flycatchers. I suggest that you check all the Turkey Vultures around the lake for Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture which can sneak by if you don't look carefully.
Beware this stupid problem, I think it's extremely rare but I feel I should mention it: I once was looking at some birds and I stepped off a trail to get a better view…suddenly my leg was smitten with pain and I looked down to see zillions of fire ants climbing me and biting as they went! So watch where you step…this occurred in the Merendon mountains by San Pedro Sula. The path was paved, it was by the white "Coca Cola" sign which you'll probably see from the city.
Big snakes and tarantulas occur but they are NOT common, in fact seeing them is rare.
Speaking of Pico Bonito, some things to look for include the Crested Guans and Great Currasow up on the loop trail (take a gentle pace or they will fly away in the case of the guans, run away in the case of the Currasow), the trees behind the pool often have the Lovely Cotingas, keep your eyes peeled for the prize Keel-billed Motmot, the low trail parallel to the stream has many White-collared Mannikins, try to be on one of the tall platforms around 11:00 am-noon – Ornate and Black Hawk-eagles like to soar at that time, and though I've not set eyes on one the tremendous Black-and-White Hawk-eagle is said not to be as rare here as it is elsewhere in the world…basically you can see very, many birds at Pico Bonito…talk to the manager, James, who is a great guy (from NJ!) and he can give you the rundown on some of the latest sightings.
Let us know what you see!!!!!! I really want to hear what you have to say about Hotel Las Glorias and Lancetilla, where I haven't visited yet.
Have a fantastic and wonderful trip!!!
O, here is one useful thing I didn't mention:
You will almost surely see Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, which is a common bird in a lot of the neotropics.
Their call is extremely easy to immitate exactly (a bunch of sharp whistles on the same pitch) and it is an extremely effective way to draw in small birds. I suggest learning to immitate it, which will take about 2 seconds.
Of course, this falls under the same category as pishing, so for the well-being of the birds we should use discretion when employing it
Oh yeah, don't forget to 'sample' the rum. Great stuff throughout Central America and each country has its special brand. Tom
HI Corey — sounds positively wonderful…….. I look forward to reading about your adventures.
Would love to see the blue crowned motmot and any other exotic birds you will see.
Just returned from 2 weeks in Belize. Only problem was the black flies treet DEET like love potion #9
After the trip (sigh) people suggested wearing surgical gloves (the non-latex kind) or sun-gloves. I'd wear them asleep as well – I dreamt that thorns were erupting from the back of my hand a la Wolverine, only to find that the bugs were drilling in. A week later it still itches and the bumps are still there.
Hi Corey, I love Honduras – a wonderful country with great people and cool birds.
I would seriously not bother about malaria prophylactics. i lived there for a year and only ever heard about rather uncommon cases of malaria on some of the islands, and right on the coast (Tela, La Ceiba, Mosquitia).
If you do happen to have annoying little sand flies, dont even bother with DEET. It will just poison you and the environment and do nothing for the sand flies. buy a little $1 bottle of baby oil and lightly cover all exposed areas. this is the only remedy that i found to work (incidently, I learnt this while i was living in Tiskita in Costa Rica – the same place Liz mentioned).
You are likely to find the humidity rather intense. Walk slowly. There is no need to rush. Walking slowly will help to keep your clothes dry, and give you a whole lot more time to appreciate the birds and sounds of the forest!
Have fun!
Hmmm Ive lived here all my life and i can assure you, dont drink the local water unless its bottled…like they said Aguazul is the way to go.
bring some sun screen and chap stick
dont worry much about malaria, it aint that common, but some off! is reccomended even though it doesnt work all the time, lots of mosquitoes and sand flies where you are going….
if you smoke no worries we have some great brands here also for the beer
also the food down here is great (you have to try everything) and maybe itll come as a shock for the first few days on your tummy, so bring some tums and pepto if youre a lil queazy
on the birding…just like any other trip, your basic birding neccesities and youre ready to go
howell&webb is the book for the area, also birds of panama by ridgely can be useful (and the man himself is gonna be there oh my god oh my god oh my god!!!!)
you are gonna be doing lots of close encounter birding in cloud forest and rain forest so dont come with high powered bins….7×35 0r 8×40 anything stronger than that and youll miss some great lil birdies….
lenses and camera…totally, couple of memory thingies cos on a normal day (and i live here) i snap around 150 photos of birds and whatnots, you will probably snap double that ammount.
Oh….expensive stuff like your camera, lenses, laptop, bins…keep em close
birds youre gonna get…bro, youre going to the field with the best birders in the country so youll be going home with at least some 200 to 300 species including quetzal (which Ive done some research on if you want to chat about the bird, got a tattoo and all LOL).
Dont worry…stick with me and youll do ok 😉
im very excited to meet a fellow birding blogger…c ya on sunday
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On June 22nd, we passed our nine-month mark without Felicity Margaret. Abraham and I went to the cemetery together. It was a beautiful day and, truly, the cemetery where she is buried is a beautiful place. We staked some flowers into the ground by her grave and laid in the warm grass on either side of her.
I know some parents who have lost children don't enjoy visiting the cemetery. I actually know one mother who has only been to her son's grave one time since they lost him, probably fifteen years ago. It's just not a meaningful place for her. I also know other parents who don't like it because of the emotional pain of it.
I find it painful to go there, too. But it also is a peaceful place, where I don't have to worry about grieving too much. I can be free to talk, cry, pray, sit. There are no expectations on me there.
And in some strange way, we get to do the only parenting tasks that we'll ever do for her while we're there. We can clean her stone, we can pull weeds, we can keep an eye on things. I know that probably sounds very strange to some of you.
But it always blesses me to watch Abraham be her daddy when he brushes the grass clippings aside and tidies things up. If she were with us, he'd give her her evening baths, put on her diaper, and get her dressed in her jammies for bed.
Our desire to parent her did not die with her.
After we visit the grave we always go for a drive on the winding, hilly paths, under the tall trees. And then we always stop at the summit of the hill (the cemetery is aptly named "Hillside") to take in the spectacular view of Minneapolis. The ritual of it is part of our comfort.
To top off our special time with Felicity on her 9-month birthday, Abraham was very thoughtful and took me up the street to the nearby Dairy Queen, where I enjoyed my twist cone with crunch coating as we walked through the outdoor flower mart next door.
Favorite things of mine that were achieved on this visit:
- My daughter—check.
- My husband—check.
- Flowers—check.
- Ice cream—check.
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I always feel very comfortable at the cemetery, talking to my grandparents and my great parents with whom I also had a close realtionship. I find that it makes me feel better and feel connected to a part me that is slipping away as time goes by. I dont want to lose those memories, so I go to remember them.
My wife and I were married in August of last year. Five months into our marriage we found out we were pregnant. On Feb 10, 7 weeks into the pregnancy, we lost our first child. It was pretty devastating, but God has been using it for his glory and our good. As I read your blog today, my heart is touched, but it also makes me sad. It makes me wish that somehow our child had a place to mark its grave. But God is wiser than me, and I trust he took our child at just the right time. It's amazing, some of the graces that God bestows upon us during even our most tragic moments. He truly is a good God, that he would allow you to parent your child even after she is gone.
You know, what you say makes a lot of sense. We lost a child we'd tried 2 years and IVF to get (though barely 7 weeks old)… And I needed the little memory box of everything special that related to that child. It was my only connection, aside from what's in my heart and mind.
What you say about Abraham and you wanting to parent Felicity and this being all you can do, it's true. So you want to do it well. CS Lewis mentioned something like this in his "A Grief Observed" (about his wife's untimely death).
And you're right – when you're at the cemetary there are no expectations on you, and you can talk about Felicity as much as you want, because she's the entire purpose you're there. I never got to talk about my baby enough, because the subject was so uncomfortable for a lot of people.
Thinking of your family of 4 today, and sending prayers for God's peace to surround your hearts, as He holds Felicity for you today.
I am always blessed by your Godward focus on grieving – it has helped me understand and practice grieving for our own children who went to live with the Lord when they were just weeks-old in my womb. Thank you for continuing to share with all of us who feel like we know you, even just a little, through this blog.
You brought unexpected tears to my eyes this morning. In so many ways it feels like life is "moving past" my baby girl, Autumn – and I long for the ability to care for her and see my husband and family do the same.
Then I read a post like this, and I find myself aching so deeply along with you for all the "might have beens" – for both me and Kurt. My little girl would have been one-month younger than yours… but our Lord knows, doesn't He?
I know He chose this grief to draw me closer to Him as surely as I know His son died for me. Crazy how that makes it all 'okay'…
It's just one more thing to cling to Jesus for – I'm glad He's very big and very strong.
Thankyou for reminding me – again – that He is holding others 0 TIGHTLY – through the same kind of sadnesses.
Thank you for your words today. They are sweet, loving and trusting……and I enjoyed your post on your children's names, too.
Great story!
I was thinking of Felicity today, namely about how in an odd way, her presence was missed the other night at the Holsts. Reading this, knowing you both, I found your writing incredibly tender. It is a beautiful thing that your desire to protect, parent and tend to your daughter is alive and well. Thank you for sharing.
What a beautiful post and pictures Molly. I just can't stop the tears when you post about your beautiful daughter.
I dont think you should at all be apologetic for the comfort that you takefind in doing parenting tasks for Felicity, regardless of the fact that they are not the usual tasks. I have found that I also take comfort in having rituals regarding painful experiences.
For instance, after my miscarriage last fall, I got rid of all the plants on my front porch. Most were dying, and I just couldnt take more death. Or when my husband deploys (we are on our 2nd depolyment), I spend the day after he leaves cleaning our entire home top to bottom and singing "Gotta Wash That Man Right out of My Hair" from South Pacific. Strange, I know. But I take odd comfort in doing it, as it represents to me the start of a "new normal" of being on my own again.
Thank you for sharing this. My brother and sister in law were killed in a car accident, coming on 3 yrs in July. My mom goes to the cemetery quite often. She decorates it for the seasons and holidays, this is comforting for her. I respect the fact that she does do that. Me on the other hand when we visit, I don't want to go. I don't really know why. I just don't. I hope that you keep on posting about Felicity. I know it is a release for you , but it also helps those who are grieving as well.
The grace God has given your family is indescribably beautiful. You encourage me to be a better mom.
We lost our sweet Hannah two years ago in March. I enjoy going to the cemetary and spending time there. I like to clean the stone and make sure it looks good. I also like to bring flowers to her and a set of twin boys that I know who are in the same cemetary. On her birthdays we have brought flowers and balloons. Two of our other children release the balloons as a gift to her. It has been a very special place where I can just be her mother without worring about how others will respond. So often I find that people get uncomfortable when I mention that I have 4 children, not merely the 3 here on earth. I have appreciated how you have honored your precious daughter by blessing others through her life. Thank you.
you are amazing, sister. Thanks for sharing. I love you so much!
Your words always minister right to my heart.
Such a sweet heartfelt post. I love the verse on her stone and I love how you find comfort in parenting her in these little ways. Our backyard backs up to the city cemetary and it took me a long time to see the beauty that God has for grieving people there. Thank you for sharing your journey with all of us these many months. I have learned a lot about Godly Grief through you as I walk my own path of lost parenting.
Holding onto Him with you,
I completely understand what you were saying about cleaning up and taking care of her grave site. When I visit the grave of my mother-in-law, I get overwhelmed by the urge to make it more beautiful, to clean it, polish it, care for it. I think it is that mothering thing- even though she was my mother in law, I still have a desire to care for her and attend to her needs that did not go away. Thanks for the beautiful honesty and for sharing your experiences.
This was beautiful.
I wonder if you've ever heard the song called "Smallest Wingless."
It's beautiful. It's by an artist named Craig Cardiff. You can find him on MySpace. It's about a couple grieving over the loss of their baby.
I know a girl named Jenn that you went to school with and I ran into her at a picnic on Saturday, and she recommened that I check out your website because the same thing had happened to us that happened to your family. On February 18th we delivered our 2nd son, Landon, and he was born stillborn. I had a perfect pregnancy and when I went into labor and went to the hospital there was no heartbeat when she put the band around my belly. When Landon was born he was absolutely perfect and they did an autopsy on him and found NOTHING, no knots in the cord, nothing, we really have no reason that our little boy is not with us. We are coming up on Landon's 5th month birthday, and it is still hard to go on day to day without our little guy. I can't believe that there is someone out there that has went through the same thing that we have. I would love to chat more about this, your words are comforting because sometimes I still feel that I am 'mad' at God for taking our little angel. Hope to hear from you sometime.
You have changed my mind about visiting the cemetery. I had never thought about the opportunities to remember and pray.
Thanks for being real and posting your feelings about loss. They will be helpful to others.
Thanks for sharing this with us. I just read your post at Rocks In My Dryer. Four years ago my 16 year old sister died from cancer. I remember the hardest thing about going to the cemetary is turning the corner around the bushes to get to her. The first time after her funeral I stood still by that corner for what felt like hours. I for some reason thought that the longer I waited to turn the corner, the longer it would feel like she wasn't really gone. That was the hardest thing for me to do. Now I get to her grave a different way. I find myself there when I need to relax and just talk to her like we did before. I'm ten years older than her, I know its different losing a child than it is a sister. But it still hurts, I'm still grieving her, its different but I still am. I miss her. Thanks for letting me share this with you.
"He makes all things new." Thanks for sharing.
Hi! I found you through the "Rocks in my Dryer" blog, and I just wanted to thank you for your willingness to share and be vulnerable about your loss and about that sweet baby girl of yours. What a blessing you are to others who have gone through this and other types of loss!
I have lost two little ones, both early on (and we are thankful to have 2 other little boys here with us), and my dear best friend's little boy, Luke, was stillborn at 33 weeks. I wanted to forward to you her Chicago music duo's website… http://www.thespares.net/store. She wrote a song for Luke on her latest CD; it's called "Sing you to Sleep" (#12). It was written about a year and a half after he passed away.
Blessings to you and your family.
(Oh, by the way, I think your husband knows our friends the Johnsons — Eric and Kari. Eric just starting working with him at DG, though they still live in Colorado. We're just not ready to give them up to MN yet!)
all of my family members…before the child we lost, were cremated so i was not accustomed to visiting a site. my husband loves to go to her grave and we take our child/children now every anniversary and at times when she is deeply in our thoughts. i mentioned on my comment/blog that it has been almost 3 years since our loss. i have some great literature if you dont think i am crazy, feel free to email i would love to hear all about her and share about my sweet girl as well, it is crazy how similar our situations are! my profile lists my email.
I just found your blog. I am sorry for your loss of Felicity. I suffered the loss of my son, Samuel, 8 months ago. July 19 was his 8 month birthday. I know that feeling of going to visit and getting to "parent". That is what I miss – I never got the chance to parent Samuel. So now, we go and clean up his spot. It is nice to read someone else say that and understand what we do.
I will add you to my prayers that you find some peace and healing in this journey we call grieving.
I love going to the cemetery. When I first lost my son at 23 weeks, I was there every single day. Going to the grocery store? let's swing by the cemetery. Getting a hair cut? It's right by the cemetery (give or take 8 miles). The bank? They have a branch by the cemetery! My kids started groaning when I turned the van into that direction!
It's been almost 5 years for me and I have come to explore different parts of the cemetery and I've met some great people out there as well. It's been an unexpected blessing in my life… who would have thought it?!
That was a beautiful post.
I don't know your story, but I'm sorry for your loss, truly.
Praying His comfort over you today.
I completely understand your desire to visit your dear Feliciity's grave site. On June 22, 1985 our little girl was born full term and went to the arms of Jesus the next day, the 23rd. I can tell you I found much solace in the small green patch of newly covered earth. I too, found my desire to nurture her somehow satisfied in pulling weeds, placing flowers, running my fingers over the smooth stone with the words, carefully chosen" Cradled in God's arms— He doeth all things well".
After moving many miles away, and all these years later, we still visit, remember, and remind our other children they have a sister waiting for them on the other side.
I am just so sorry…
Since this is an older post, I don't know if you'll even read this, but I just had to comment on what you said about the only parenting tasks you can do now. I feel the same way. I try to visit my daughter's grave once a week to clean it, clip weeds, etc. Once after completing these tasks, I said out loud "well, Shana, that's all I can do for you now." I heard her say "that's all I need". It made me feel so much better. I completely understand what you mean.
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