Renee Roissier Miller

How are you doing? It’s been over a year now, are things any easier?
I am one person who won’t have to be reminded how long it’s been.  406 days as I type this. There is never going to be an easy answer to the question “how are you doing?”  No real way for those [...]

I wrote earlier in the month on the eve of the first anniversary nobody wants to remember but one that no one in my circle of family and friends will ever forget. First I wrote about it then I lived it. Here’s how it went. I had talked to the older children about getting together [...]

Well, it’s now been a year since my world fell apart.  365 days to get used to the fact that Renee is gone and she’s never coming back. The times when I am either awakened or jarred out of a solitary daze by some guttural, almost inhuman sounds, and then realizing the source of those [...]

It’s been almost a year since Renee was killed, how are you and the kids doing ?

This is by far the easiest question to ask, it is also the one I hear the most, and it is the hardest to answer honestly.  Most times I simply say, ” I’m doing OK ” particularly if the [...]

This is a much sadder than usual day for me.  Today is my 25th wedding anniversary and my first without my beautiful wife.  My work often took me away from Renee on our anniversary and so we would mark the occasion a week before or after the actual date depending on my schedule.  I have [...]

How was Thanksgiving at Mapleshade?
Our first Thanksgiving without Renee was hard. Renee LOVED holidays. She was a bundle of energy, singing and laughing while making sure the rest of us had a great day. Cooking and decorating the house were all things she excelled at. Her absence was very much felt by all.  Still, we [...]

Has anyone suggested that you read The Shack by William Young?
Yes, the book has been recommended to me.  Off the top of my head I can think of at least five people who suggested I read it.  I did read it and I am glad I did, though it did not have near the impact [...]

Today, 11/12/2009, marks the 51st anniversary of the birth of a truly great person, Renee Roissier Miller.  It will also be the first time she isn’t here to participate in the event.  In keeping with this country’s tradition of celebrating great people’s lives on the date of their birth I thought I would create a [...]

Did getting the children back to school go well?
Actually, back-to-school for the kids really didn’t go very smoothly at all. Renee used to make a big deal out of taking the kids shopping for school clothes and other supplies. Joannie and I took the kids out and attempted to have some sense of excitement around [...]

What about the Children’s Fund?
Let me start by saying that I am moved to tears at the generosity and efforts of so many people who have helped my children. Knowing all these people cared enough to share their time and money has really helped me in a lot of ways – not just financial – [...]