As usual, I couldn't make a decision so I made two different cards to send out. It's hard to choose pics when you have the cutest kid in the world. :-)
Wendy Burkes Palmer... I am.... a child of the most high God, mother to two perfect angels in heaven, the most beautiful lil boy Branson, a wife to a wonderful husband, a step mom to 2 caring daughters, a daughter to the best parents, a sister to two loving brothers, a sister in law to 2 of the most amazing wives and an aunt of 5 of God's most precious children.
I am wearing a pair of shoes. They are ugly shoes.
Uncomfortable shoes.
I hate my shoes.
Each day I wear them, and each day I wish I had another pair.
Some days my shoes hurt so bad that I do not think I can take another step. Yet, I continue to wear them.
I get funny looks wearing these shoes.
They are looks of sympathy.
I can tell in others eyes that they are glad they are my shoes and not theirs. They never talk about my shoes. To learn how awful my shoes are might make them uncomfortable.
To truly understand these shoes you must walk in them.
But, once you put them on, you can never take them off.
I now realize that I am not the only one who wears these shoes. There are many pairs in the world.
Some women are like me and ache daily as they try and walk in them. Some have learned how to walk in them so they don't hurt quite as much. Some have worn these shoes so long that days will go by before they think about how much they hurt.
No woman deserves to wear these shoes. Yet, because of these shoes, I am a stronger woman.
These shoes have given my the strength to face anything.
They have made me who I am.
I will forever walk in the shoes of a woman who has lost a child.
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