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Stacey “Tate” Smith

Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2008 | 31 Comments »

This is Dan, Shelley’s husband, posting on her request.  Tate died this evening in the hospital in Pittsburgh.  She had a brain hemorrhage during the night on Friday , and she was taken off life support just a few hours ago.  Shelley was there when this happened with the rest of her family.  Tate was [...]

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Suspended

Posted in Anxiety, Family, Freaking out, My sister, Sad, Surreal, Things I can't stop talking about, Uncategorized on August 26, 2008 | 14 Comments »

I cried a lot today. I had no idea what it felt like to carry a burden of grief around like this. The waiting, dear God, the waiting. I’m unloading the dishwasher and I think ‘Oh. I’ll call Tate.’ (That always makes the task go faster) and then I remember, and I’m almost doubled over [...]

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Tate Update 8/24

Posted in My sister on August 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Here is a note I posted on facebook:

Friends,
Thanks so much for your comments and your prayers. Your support means so much at this time–I can’t even put it into words. I get choked up just thinking about it.

I just talked to my mom and there is not much new to report. Tate is still in [...]

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Update on Tate

Posted in Uncategorized on August 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Yesterday they life-flighted her to Pittsburgh (Allegheny General) and when they opened her up they found 8 to 10 inches of her colon filled with gangrene. They removed it immediately and now have her in ICU where they are draining all the poison out of her that had accumulated there while she was NOT being [...]

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My Sister, Tate

Posted in Uncategorized on August 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »

Friends,
Could you please pray for my sister Stacey (Tate) Smith? She’s been in the hospital since LAST Friday, and even after having her gall bladder removed and also a large mass of Endo, she still is in horrible pain. She is filling up with fluid and turning yellow, and her blood pressure is dropping to [...]

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Roller Coaster

Posted in Amazing friends, Anxiety, Arkansas, Community, Freaking out, God, Grace, Houghton, Insecurity, Moving, NY, Ponderings, Sad, Sadie, This rural life, Transition, Well-being, Wonder, coffee, homemaking on August 7, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Roller Coaster is so cliche, but it fittingly describes my summer. When we first arrived in NY I felt this sense of home–a comfortable familiar even though we we’ve been away from this town for 11 years. I was in wonderland–a cool breezy land of green enchantment. The trees, of course, but also the people. [...]

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