Ten Years

January 20, 2016, is the 10-year mark in the journey of Crespi Family Hope and the devastation of the deaths of Tessara Kate and Samantha Joy. Their earthly existence is missed every moment of every day but the hope of heaven remains a constant focus as we journey...

2014 Reflections

    It’s Christmas Eve 2014 and early in the morning, still dark and rain is falling.  Yesterday a book arrived for me from Tan Books with my name imprinted on its amazing gray leather cover with a sword over the top pointing down.  I held the recently...

Considering Withdrawal

Any change in medication demands attention and extreme care for yourself and those around you.  If you are considering a change, please be mindful, careful, and communicative.  Let others know what you are going through. I would like to share some of the things that I...

Peace of Earth – Christmas 2013

Let there be peace on earth…and let it begin with me The kids and I went to Reconciliation last Wednesday night at St. Gabriel Catholic Church. We are now official parishioners of St. Gabriel’s enjoying the idea of being among the angels and the angel Gabriel is big...

Tiger Lily vs. Cali – Saturday May 4, 2013

We picked up a new family member yesterday from the Humane Society.  She is a bundle of jumping joy; all 2 months old now.  What to name her?  She came with the name Dandie which is okay but I can only make this work with the longer form of Dandelion but is she that?...

The 28th Candle and the Newtown tragedy

The Crespi Family is lighting 28 candles in honor of the lives loss in the Newtown tragedy.  Having been on both sides of this issue, that of the grieving family with children to bury and that of trying to understand and deal with unexplainable violence and actions of...