[tri-wings] Re: introduction

Hi Barb,

Yes we are lucky to live in Hawaii--although we just moved from a 
rental on the beach (where we lived ten years) to a house with a view 
of power lines, palm trees, and behind that, just a little bit of 
mountain, but no ocean--so we are kind of in withdrawals.  But it is 
ours which is a nice feeling.  I know, most people think five children 
is a whole lot!

My six year old tells me almost daily that he misses Gabriel--which I 
really appreciate although I also feel bad that he feels such a great 
loss.  I think he was really looking forward to being a big brother.  
My other children don't say a whole lot.  How have your children 
reacted?  My husband was planning on taking as much time off work as 
necessary (months if need be) and he put a lot of energy into learning 
how to use the cleft palette bottle, etc., so the loss hit him hard as 
well.  I have done most of the care-taking of our babies, so it was 
going to be a fun change for him to take a greater role in baby-care.  
I saw March of the Penguins before Gabriel was born and the role 
reversal seen in the penguins felt almost like what our life might have 
been like.  To pay our mortgage I probably would have needed to go back 
to work sooner.

Aloha!

Colleen

On Saturday, January 21, 2006, at 03:47  AM, Barbara Farlow wrote:

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> ps. Do you really live in Hawaii? You lucky dog!!
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