Background
Jason and I met when we were 18…move-in day Freshman year at UW-Eau Claire. We were together all through college and got married the summer after we graduated in August, 2000. Our daughter, Anna was born November, 2001. Our sons Seth and Levi were born in July, 2003 and August, 2007. Life was good. On May 4, 2020 Jason was diagnosed with an aggressive, terminal brain cancer called Glioblastoma. After a 15 month battle with this cruel disease he passed away on August 4, 2021. To read more about his journey check out his Caring Bridge site.
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North Shore Birthday
Yesterday would have been Jason’s 49th birthday. His 6th since he died at 43. Birthdays that will never be celebrated again are hard days. One of those times that I have learned to just take a pause and give myself space. This year I went up to the North Shore for a few days. I…
Music in the Trees
On Thursday, as I was leaving my guitar lesson, my instructor said, “Marie, if you’re not doing anything this weekend my band is playing at this event at the Belgian Education Center. You should come watch. It’s called Music in the Trees”. I had never heard of the Belgian Education Center, but Music in the…
August 4, 2026
Almost every week at therapy my therapist and I take a walk. Her office is a block away from a park that has a short, paved loop around a little pond and a playground. Many, many times this tree standing at the corner of the park would literally stop me in my tracks…one of those…
There are things that we don’t want to happen but have to accept, things we don’t want to know but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go. –J Jareau
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