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by TheLoveofMyLife | Dec 3, 2020 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life, Powdered Donut Manifesto

My writing about our love, our life, and our journey through cancer has sustained me.  As hard as it is to comprehend, I am more in love with Maureen today than I was when she was here, when we could hold each other’s hand, which we did for almost 25 years of...

St. Andrew’s Senior Homily | Kyla Thompson

by TheLoveofMyLife | Oct 30, 2019 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life

There are simply no words for how much I love my kids. I love them because they aren’t just my kids. They are our kids, a lasting reflection of the love Maureen and I shared. Although her life was cut short by metastatic breast cancer on 10.21.2014, our love was not....

Love and Strength | What My Mom Taught Me | Kyla Thompson

by TheLoveofMyLife | Jul 31, 2019 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life

Originally submitted as an English essay on October 18, 2018. Kyla is a student at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. My mom. My mom is richly deserving of so many more years on this planet; teaching my siblings and I valuable lessons; being a compassionate and...

I Will Be Strong for You Mom | #pinkkids

by TheLoveofMyLife | Sep 21, 2018 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life

September 21, 2014, Maureen and I stood with our kids at the altar of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, IL, outside of Chicago. It was a Sunday. We were renewing our vows from our wedding day, July 14, 1990, 24 years earlier, with the fruits of our...

Cancer Sucks | Kyla Thompson

by TheLoveofMyLife | Mar 17, 2018 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life

I am privileged to be the father of three amazing kids, Taylor (19), Kyla (16), and Katelyn (almost 14). These three kiddos are the products of the love Maureen and I shared over almost 25 years of marriage, prior to her passing after an on-and-off 11 year battle with...

Journey to Thailand | Senior Project 2017 | Taylor Thompson

by TheLoveofMyLife | Apr 27, 2017 | In the Words of the Kids, Love of My Life

Several months before the love of my life, my beautiful bride, passed, I began to write love letters. The normal CaringBridge approach of talking about the disease, her cancer, just didn’t seem right to me. After Maureen’s passing, I continued to write,...
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