Jim Miller Softball Classic

This weekend has been so much fun. We have a whole weekend-long tourney dedicated to Jim Miller for his dedication to girls softball a major part of his life. So far the 12U league has been doing awesome. Tomorrow is our championship game! I'm so excited. I love getting out on that field that Jim stood on, and taught me how to catch, field, and hit the ball. I love being out there playing for him. I can do at least that for such a big thing he did for all of us. I've never missed someone as much as Jim. He was like a father to me. He did so much for each and every girl playing softball. I know I've learned from the best coach that anyone could've had. I love and miss you Jim. I know you're up in heaven watching down on us play for you, in your tourney, dedicated just to you. I know you're proud of each girl out there playing for you. This tourney will make sure that you'll never be forgotten.
-kirsten

InNotOf

Two weeks back i went to camp for a week. I learned so much. The theme was teenage mutant ninja turtles. I learned how to live in this world, but not of it. And even though that may seem easy, I learned, its really not. I'll go through loneliness. But everything happens for a reason and I know God has a plan for my life and one day I'll be up in heaven with him. That week of camp was the best week ever. I feel like I'm at the ago where i can understand how God works alot easier. Addyson has gone with me to camp the past two years and we enjoy spending a whole week together. I love going and meeting new people. I went to the week where some of my friends I met last year I got to see them again this week. So i enjoyed my week at camp.
until next time
-kirsten

*summer '09*

its been quite a while since i've posted anything. well so far this summer i've been busy with softball..last weekend we had a tournament in tell city. it was alot of fun even though we didnt win a game..this week alyssa has gone to haiti. she has been calling us everyday and checking up on us..this coming weekend im going boating for my friends birthday party..so thats going to be alot of fun and then sunday i leave for church camp..im really excited..im leaving for florida next friday so these next few weeks are going to be busy! im so glad to finally be out of school for the summer..this year has gone by so fast..well that's about all thats been going on with me lately..pray for the haiti team that they have a safe trip back home!
-kirsten

*-winter wonderland-*

well the holidays are over, i just turned 13!! and we finally got snow thats been staying!!!! last week on monday night we got a huge snow storm! so tuesday i was starting to get bored so, as smart as i am, i went outside and tried to skimboard on the snow..(i know, its really stupid=]) i kinda got it on flat land so i decided to go downhill and do it. well i kinda missed and fell on my knees. well with the inch of sleet we got my landing didnt feel too great. i got huge bruises all over my knees. i just sat there for a minute realizing that what i just did was really stupid. haha i got up and went on though. i still have the bruises but it doesnt hurt. we only went to school one day last week. we got a little blizzard tuesday morning so no school on tuesday! and it snowed again last night so no school on wednesday either!! its getting kinda boring be @ home though. well im gonna go!

-kirsten

*christmas break*

its finally Christmas break!! i am so ready for snow and time off of school! i cant wait til christmas day! and new years eve im going to the party @ church for jr. high. im excited=]=]lol. well if i dont get to see you before the holidays Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!
-kirsten

*love for an angel*

last september my uncle passed away one the 9th. he was diagnosed with muscular distrophy when he was 8 which in his case he couldnt walk. he had a wheel cair and a special van with a lift so he could get in & out easily. i remember being at my dads house and it was over turkey trot weekend. my mom called me so i went outside to get service. he had been sick since april making trips back and forth to the hospital. he lived with my grandma and his service dog Gina. but anyways i answered the phone and my mom had told me that Doug had passed away. it was hard we stayed on the phone for 5 minutes without saying a word. i went in the house and my dad talked to my mom and she told him. i stayed the night with my dad that night instead of going home. the viewing was long and never ending. the funeral was at our church it was hard watching him be taken out of the church knowing he'll never go back in. over thanksgiving this and last year me, mom, alyssa, and grandma went to eat and then to visit his grave in vincennes. its gorgeous now with the flowers and ribbons that Diane Lengacher made for us. he was a huge fan of the stl. cardinals and the dallas cowboys. we still have Gina she is no longer used as a service dog though. she was confused when he passed away, she knew he was gone but she didnt understand. i remember getting phone calls late in the night/ early in the morning. one night grandma was @ the hospital and she called us @ 1 in the morning and said he had stopped breathing. i just felt this huge sickness in my stomach. i was so scared thinking "why is this happening to us?" grandma always said that the blue streaks in the sky is doug running. we know that he is running the biggest race ever and he isnt going to stop.

*RIP Doug Edwards

9/9/07*

*summer softball*

today was so crazy!! we had a 2 hour delay to start with..i was sitting in math class and i thought of jim. i thought about how ill never get to talk to him, how he'll never hug me again, how he'll never get to tell me what im doing right or what im doing wrong in softball, or how ill just never get to see him anymore. he was my softball coach this summer. it was the year i came back because last summer i quit. i have never had more fun out on that field because him & brittany made it the best season ever. going up to vincennes and playing in their tourney was crazy and very emotional. it was the last inning and we were down by two to make it to the championship game. diane hit it out to center field all the way to the fence and someone was on 2nd base. they both made it home and them the ump calls diane out because she threw the bat. we were all screaming our heads off so happy until jim came over and told us. everything just went down there. there were alot of parents cussing & just about ready to be kicked out. we all went back to jims truck under the shade. by the time everyone got home we got a phone call saying that the umpire made a bad call. obviously, we already knew that. but they asked if we wanted to go back to play the championship game. we said no though. but jim and brittany were awesome coaches. i had a great year coming back. RIP Jim Miller our love for you will last forever

-kirsten