oh man…
she coming, albeit a little earlier than expected.
maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. who knows?
liz is resting.
i am not.
grandpa tom g, grandma candee and grandma broccoli (aka grandma sara) are all here at huntington hospital in pasadena.
grandpa tom l, grandma bev and grandpa rodney are waiting patiently in the mn.
other family members and friends are waiting patiently in various locations.
someone will update this page.
it could be me.
more likely it’ll be grandpa tom g.
one thing is certain.
madeline wants out.
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Aw! What a beautiful picture! Madeline is so blessed to have so many beautiful pictures.
Matt, You have a beautiful wife she and maddy are very lucky to have you This is my first time reading your blog I Love it so far great inspiration
Hi Matt& LIZ &MADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YA”LL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t figure out if you are retarded or mean Grace.
Shutup Melissa U R RETARDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LUV Maddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE LUV U MADDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I happened to catch oprah today June 17/2011, your story on the show made we want to read the rest of your story here. Your Maddy is a very lucky girl to have a dad like you.
I love being a single parent, I “lost” my son’s father while i was pregnant, not by death but by his choice.
Thank you for sharing your story
I just saw the episode of oprah that you are on for the first time. You are doing a great job with Maddy.
What a beautiful story. Sad because of the too soon loss but the glory of God placed a father of great love.
Fuello of Texas
My first time blogging, forgive the reverse but my heart is sincere
Fuello
Hi I know you dont know me. I just wanted to say that Im so sorry to hear about your loss. She seemed like she was a great person and is watching over you as we speak. Im so glad that you have found someone as well, and so glad to see that you and Maddy are doing so well. God bless you all
What an absolutely wonderful blog. I feel privileged to have shared this story with you and your beautiful daughter. You are a great dad and doing a fantastic job of being a single dad dealing daily with joys and struggles that you are both experiencing. I am hooked and will be keeping up with the two of you, for I guess as long as you write? Just wanted to let u know you are a wonderful dad, father, hero, friend, and confidant! So keep up the good work! Much love and support from Texas!
Watching your story on Oprah 6/17/11. You are inspiring. Best to you and your Maddy!
I saw your story on Oprah.I was compelled after watching to come to your blog.First let me say how sorry I am for your loss.I too know how it feels to lose the love of your life so unexpectedly.You seem to be doing an amazing job raising your daughter Maddy.She is an adorable little girl.How did you make your wife a part of her life.My sons are young and I worry that my youngest will forget his father and that he will not remember all the things we did as a family. Right now he does not understand and still thinks my husband is coming home.He talks about him constantly.I will do my best to keep his memory alive.I thought that was great that you joined a moms group.It never hurts to have other moms around for advise,opinions or just friendship.I can not get my thoughts together but just felt like I needed to say hello after watching your story.Hope you & your daughter are doing well.
Hi there, just watched the re-run on Oprah June 18th,11. Completely in tears, I’m a single mom with twins and it has not been easy, also just want to make a quick note. I was not fortunate to find a man responssible enough to care and WANT TO take care of my little ones(ie father), but you are such an inspiration! After watching the show you have given me hope and lifted my spirit, there are still very good harted men in the world and as long as my priority are my twins it will all work out fine! Again thank you for the ray of light and best wishes to you and your family!
Matt, I am so sorry for your loss and your daughters too. You are an amazing man to do all that God has given you the strength to do. My brother lost his wife when their son was only 5 years old and it has been a struggle for him as well to be both Mom and Dad. My nephew is now entering the 6th grade and is an honor roll student and very gifted in playing musical instruments. It touched my heart to hear your story on the Oprah Winfrey Show and how through your pain and you and your daughters loss that you are helpong others,you are an inspiration to millions….God Bless you and your daughter. I never had a Father but if I did I would hope for one just like you. You have a kind heart and you are a good man
Dear Matt,
I am so sorry about your loss. I recently had my second daughter two weeks ago, and ended up having major complications. It was really scary. I had my second c-section with my second daughter, and ended up having another surgery two days later, because I my OB cut my bladder during the first surgery. I was in so much pain, and I kept telling the nurses and doctors that something was not right. I didn’t remember this much pain from the first c-section. Finally after two days of pain, the doctor had me get a cat scan at 3am. 4am my husband and I are trying to care for a newborn, and find out there is whole in my bladder. Its is no wonder my stomach looked like a basketball, and I was having spasms in my stomach, and literally felt like I was dying. Our daughter was born June 2nd, and two days later I am having surgery again to have my bladder stitched up. My husband and I prayed in our room until it was time for surgery. I was so scared. I had not seen my other daughter who is 2 in three days, which is the longest I have ever been away from her. My mother brought her up after my second surgery, and my mother in law and husband went home with our new baby as I stayed in the hospital to recover a few extra days. It was sad to see my daughters go home without me. I was thankful I made it through my second surgery in four days. I guess the reason why I am writing my story is because what happened to me in the hospital has changed my life forever. I remember laying there from sleepless nights waiting to go into my second surgery, wondering if I was going to see my family again. In some way I feel that our family went through a scary situation. I had leg things on to prevent blood clots. This was a new thing the nurses said from the last time I was there with my first daughter. Your daughter Maddy is beautiful like her mother. God bless you and her! You are doing a great job. I shared this story with my husband, because of everything we went through. Take care.
Kate
Saw a rerun of your story on Oprah. Your parents must be very proud of you because you are truly a wonderful father. Your wife is looking down on you and smiling knowing she left her daughter with a very special man. All Daddys should be like you. And I love how you wear her wedding ring right next to your wedding ring. Good luck in all you do raising your little one.
I wish that all daddies could know the love that u have for maddie- so much like a mommys love. Thanks for restoring my faith in daddies. God bless you four!
Hi Matt,
I just finished reading your book and recently learned that you were in the area (Pleasanton) for a book reading! I missed you just by a week. I just want to say thank you for sharing your story with us. The last time I cried was when I read a Jodi Piccoult book, but it wasn’t until the end. With your memoir, I’d cry, laugh, feel good, then something that reminds you of Liz would make me cry again; over and over and over!
I really appreciate our candid storytelling and was really drawn to your thoughts of Liz in everything that you did with Maddy. Loved the part when you went to the store to buy Maddy her $200 Chloe dress.
I am sorry for your loss. Maddy is very blessed to have such a wonderful father/mother. Wishing you the best.
Dear Matt,
Hi, I just finished reading your book. I really think it’s the most perfect tribute to Liz. I laughed, I cried, and I want you to know that I feel your pain. Thank you for sharing your story with the world. I am telling all of my friends about your book. Madeline is the luckiest girl in the world to have a father like you and Madeline is so beautiful. I wish you and Madeline the happiest life always. Take good care and Blessings to you both.
Hi Matt.
My friend told me about your book and let me borrow it so I could read it…and I’m having a hard time putting it down!! There are so many ups and downs it must have been such an emotional roller coaster. But I just wanted to say way to go. You are an inspiration for people who feel like they are at the bottom and theres no way out. Cheers!
I’m just about three quarters into your book. Your story has touched my heart, and I just had to check out your website. I think you are such an amazing person. You are so strong! I truly admire your courage, and your daughter is beautiful.
hi matt
I read your book while away for the weekend at beach and sobbed the whole way through. Your courage and love for your girls could be felt through your words. You are a witty writer and I felt like I was talking to you, rather than reading the test. I commend you so for being the best father in the world, and facing your challenges with love rather than anger. Both Maddy and Liz are so lucky to have you in their lives. I wish all the best for you and your baby girl.
Susan
I picked up your book today, as I read, I cried in the waiting room of the eye doctors office. Actually I sobbed, your story was so touching and inspiring. I came home and finished the memoir, I had to hear the rest of your story. My daughter, Avelyn was born on March 24, 2010 as I read I reflected on our time in the hospital and how lucky we are. Thank you for sharing.
Wow, your wife is so very pretty =)! I’m currently reading your book right now. I don’t know what else to say but thank you for sharing your story <3
Wow, not totally through your book yet but I feel like you are describing me 13 years ago. I lost my best friend and love of my life suddenly also. I never thought when I said good-bye to him in the hospital that night that it would be the last time I would see him alive! I felt almost every emotion you did – lost 25 pounds and went in to a depression beyond description. My husband and I had a 7 year old boy who was his Daddy’s best buddy. Telling him was the hardest thing I ever did in my life. But because of him, I survived. He is so much like his Dad that I feel like I will always have him with me. I try so hard to keep his memory alive for his son-I don’t want him to ever forget him. But all of my kids kept me alive and I am grateful to them for that. I had to go on for them.
May you have peace and happiness in your life with Maddy. Liz is still with you through her.
Hi Matt!
I am almost finished reading your book and my curiosity brought me to your blog. It brought tears to my eyes as I watched the video of Maddy in her bathing suit…she is beautiful just like Liz! I LOVE your book…I cried and laughed and to me that’s is when I know a book is good!…I just wanted to send along my well wishes to you and Maddy. I am a married mother of three…soon to be four and I can not imagine being in your situation ever!…You are an example of strength and Maddy is so lucky to have you and I know Liz is looking down on you with such pride!!! With Love, Adrienne Leach
I just finished your book and loved it so much I think I need a “creep” badge, because I woke up realizing I’d dreamt about Liz! she was just sitting on my couch chatting away about totally random stuff, like the movie Once (I know, WTF? I’ve never even seen it, but in my dream she really wanted to watch it with you) and other random stuff. It was strange and I’m now realizing I probably shouldn’t be sharing it haha, but the point is that for your book to be able to seep into my psyche like that = good writer. I LOVED it so much I even dreamt about it and I never remember my dreams haha. Thanks so much for sharing it with creepy people like me
and I’m looking forward to starting the blog from the beginning!
Sara
Hi Matt and Madeline-
I loved the letter to Madeline at the end of the book it made me laugh(especially at the end about how she was a great baby and she better be even a better teenager)!!!! I will continue to visit your site because this has really touched me and oh by the way I am from Minnesota myself. I grew up in St.Cloud and still live in the area!!!
I just finished reading your book and it was a very emotional roller coaster ride for me. I found your book very moving and filled with so much love. You are and will continue to be an awesome roll model and father for Madeline. I am the married mother to two beautiful girls ages 6 and 4 and due with our third child in April. Madeline is an adorable little girl and enjoy each and every moment with her-they grow up way to fast
Hugs your way-Krista Kuklok
Dear Matt,
I saw you on Oprah also. I am a widow myself. My husband died when my girls were just 1 and 3. I never thought that in a million years that I would be a widow at 30 with 2 very young girls. I believe that God is the only person that gets me through this. Tonight I was really missing my husband. He died 9 years ago already. We were highschool sweethearts. I know from the minute I met him we’d end up married. I really am sad tonight. My daughter said the other day, “I wonder what it feels like to have a daddy.” It broke my heart to pieces. I feel guilty because I still have my dad alive and he’s gonna be 80. Although I never saw him as a young girl. He was a police officer and he worked all the time. My mom died 15 years ago. I miss her alot too. I feel so bad for Maddie. But she is so very lucky to have you as a daddy. You make it heartwarming to know that there are still good guys out there. I haven’t dated because I’m afraid of any guy trying to hurt my girls. I feel like they are my life and I have to keep them my priority. But tonight I am feeling sorry for myself that my husband is no longer here aon Earth. I can’t remember many times I have felt this way. Usually its more where if my daughters are doing something cute or funny I think how much he would have laughed and enjoyed them. I truely feel for you and Maddie. But you are an inspiration!! Take care!
Mary J
Hi Matt,
I wanted to put this out of the way of your other entries, because it’s totally unrelated, but I think you’ll see it quicker than if I send an email? – Last week or so, I was visiting one of my friends who is a senior at Scripps & when she mentioned that they post the graduations online, that statement clicked in my head like, wait – Liz went here…do they have her graduation video? I don’t know how many vids you have of her, but how special. So, I asked the commencement coordinator if they had 2000 and there was a copy at Denison! I asked if she’d make me a copy in case you’d like it, and they happily did (nicest school ever). I know it isn’t something you’d be ready to watch just yet, but I thought for Maddy someday?
I actually met you at the 5K this past Sept and I didn’t really go into detail then – I was SO super nervous to talk to you (heck, I’m nervous leaving you a comment!) – but I could write several paragraphs on how connected I feel to Liz. Words won’t do it justice, so the best example – when I have a daughter, I plan on making her middle name Liz or Elizabeth after her. (Also, I’m terrified to fly and we flew to MN for the LLF events!) So I couldn’t help but watch it too…and she is in it way more than I thought she’d be…there are lengthy close-ups of her at the beginning and end and when she gets her degree, she laughs and the camera picks up her laughter. I didn’t expect to hear her laugh and it made me cry – swear it’s like I knew her – but if it means that much to me, I just know it’d mean a lot to Maddy and I’d love to send it to you. I’d email it, but it’s like 2 gig. Is the LLF address the best place to send it (assuming you want it)? Or is there a better one? My email is on this form…and hope you had a nice Thanksgiving with your family!
Hi Matt and Maddie.I am reading your book and can’t put it down .I am so sorry for your loss Liz sounds amazing,you loved her so much I can feel it in every sentence.Maddie sure has grown,she is gorgeous with her blonde hair and blue eyes.I just wanted to say hi email me sometime and maybe we can chat.elilek@yahoo.ca You are a wonderful man and dad .I hope it’s getting easier for you but I don’t really know what to say ,so take care and take care of yourself!Lorie a 5 foot wonder lol
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