If you are reading this, I want you to write down five reasons you are awesome. I was thinking (while on my first "training" run for a 5k I am going to try to complete in a month) how we as women, mothers, wives, and partners, so often depend on the reassurance of others for … Continue reading Five reasons I’m awesome
I received some interesting advice recently. Now, as someone who has a very loving, caring, endearing, but sometimes invasive collection of people surrounding her, advice comes frequent and often uninvited. However, this piece of advice was somewhat sought. A friend invited me to join her at a church fundraiser where a group of individuals offered … Continue reading Setting boundaries
Trying to describe a mother's love to a woman who has yet to parent is like trying to describe Heaven to someone still living. Even stating those words makes me feel like I am expressing a concept so far beyond my reach and putting myself in a category where I don't deserve to exist. But … Continue reading A mother’s love
"Cause honey your soul can never grow old, it's evergreen" - Ed Sheeran To my dear Amy Louise - my soul sister, my spirit guide, my guardian angel, Thank you for letting me splash in fountains on hot summer days, feeding me cookies for breakfast, letting me spray paint pumpkins and be as silly as … Continue reading For Aunt Amy
I imagine you running. Your hair is thick again, and cut clean like Daddy liked it. You're wearing your favorite Minion T-shirt and Puma sneakers. You look so good and so grown up in new glasses, but you don't need them. You're giggling. Someone you love is making you laugh. Everyone we've loved and lost … Continue reading On your birthday
As I continue to navigate the never ending journey of grieving the loss of my son, I have begun exploring my preconceptions and convictions relating to religion and spirituality. Without truly understanding, and knowing it's most likely beyond my comprehension, I feel that my sweet baby is not far away and that we have a … Continue reading A reason to grow
Don't be afraid to dig deep because you're unsure of what you'll find. The space between your heart and soul can be reached within your mind. Hurt can only be healed if you're willing to really feel it. Your character is so very strong, I promise no one else can steal it. What you … Continue reading YOU matter
I've always considered myself a fairly confident person. I'll find someone to talk with in a room full of strangers, I don't get nervous speaking in front of a crowd and I handle interviews with grace and composure. But now, as a thirty-five year old woman who is starting to notice more lines appearing on … Continue reading Celebrating small wins
happiness as looking forward to waking up every day rather than looking forward to going to sleep at night
My aunt and I both joined the worst club on the planet in 2015 - we both lost a child. We are now grieving mothers, parenting children in Heaven. Each day we manage to take one more step forward without our sons and each day we live with holes in our hearts and empty rooms … Continue reading Grieving together
Parenting Angels 