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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Jan272022

Thankful Thursday

DateThursday, January 27, 2022 at 05:20PM

Looks like it's been a bit since I've done a Thankful Thursday post. (Apparently I haven't done one yet this year, lol.) Today, though, there's just one thing I want to share. Today, I'm thankful for...

My friend Tania. Those who are friends on Facebook know. I met Tania about 14 years ago when she lost her mom and I lost my dad...both gone much too soon. We were both scrapbookers and met through those connections. Over the years, we worked together on the Good Grief Blog (scroll to the bottom of this post)...documenting our grief journeys through scrapbooking. Here's one of the layouts she shared:

After the Good Grief Blog, we stayed in touch...more recently chatting about our kids as her Ashlyn and my Asher were choosing colleges...as her Ashlyn and my Micah were dealing with their juvenile arthritis. Tania is one of the most positive, kind souls. Truly. She has two beautiful daughters roughly the same ages as my youngest two sons. She has a husband she's been with since high school who adores her.

I've shared some of her husband's posts on Facebook. Tania's in the hospital with Covid...on a ventilator and dialysis. The doctors have said that there's basically no hope and that even if she survived her heart failing, she'd be on machines the rest of her life. So, her family has made the heart-wrenching decision to remove the machines tomorrow. It's awful and my heart goes out to them. Please say a prayer for them all...Tania, Doug, Ashlyn and Emma Grace. If you feel moved to, visit the GoFundMe page that friends have set up for the family.

I'm so thankful to have shared in their journey and know that my life is richer for knowing Tania. 

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