pick up the pace, find a cure

drawn by my sweet daughter

Nicole Johnson

11.7.74 to 6.10.09

My son drinks tea with milk and honey

My son lights up the room

...we train as we fight...fight as we trained...

One prays, one smiles...and into the Inferno we go!

Volunteer Firemen: Heroes

I found my gift card in a strange place

Sad Nicole: I took this picture and her expression haunts me

Illusions

This very old one room school is

across the street from a rather new subdivision.



Dear Santa: I'm running away, don't come find me. I'm happy where I am.

Three legs but still has to eat

Not my backyard pet

The entrance to the elevator is making me think about the 13th floor today

Elevator lights is elevator music for the deaf: look what I "heard" today

An elevator reflection or a genuine self-portrait: I feel faded

I want to see my kids together but she is gone

Rattlesnakes always bite, even in nightmares

Waiting for Spring

Isn't my son cute?

Grief gives you a choice: you can live, die or wither away like this tree

Never come between a man and his smartphone =)

I'm listening

Grieving: if you look very closely you'll see a bird - trees - maybe color - if you let yourself

I cooked this

Please bee still

She misses her friends too

Nicole's turtle Urn

My panic button medicine: to access, first open childproof cap then remove pill from blister pack

My son plays with stuffed animals =)

My son wants to be a hobbit

No snow here but there's a glow

A timeline of my life

Our sunrise made the news; unaltered photo

Colorado Springs News

The candles blew out permanently

Blue stones: My daughter's high school ring nestles inside mine

Life is giving me the finger

Losing a child turns your world grey; the path ahead never ends

Grief puts a hard edge on beauty

No matter how dark the times, our flag shines brightly

My golden; he joined Nicole wherever she is a month to the day later

Not long ago there were five; now two are left and I'm one of them

Nicole's Halloween costume; in case you are wondering she is a cat

There is a car buried there

apparently he had enough money to buy junk cars

We get the point

I don't think he likes us

He's not a democrat I guess

I'm on her side

This guy has a message

Don't start at 4:59 am, you might get a ticket