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
Tag: hope
YOU matter
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
Celebrating small wins
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
Defining happiness
happiness as looking forward to waking up every day rather than looking forward to going to sleep at night
Milestones
Every mother remembers her baby's first word, the first tooth, the first step. Some babies walk at nine months old, some at twelve or even fourteen. Many mothers worry when their baby's development isn't "typical" or takes longer than average. And those worries are totally normal, completely rational and only indicate that you, as a … Continue reading Milestones
Selecting thoughts
"You have to select your thoughts like you select your clothes." Come Monday morning, both feel like impossible tasks! This was a quote I heard when I was idly flipping through the channels the other afternoon. I quickly realized it was a cut-down, cable friendly, commercial-ridden version of the movie "Eat, Pray, Love" which I … Continue reading Selecting thoughts
Love song to my preemie
Still lyin’ here, eight months in and winter’s coming fast It was wintertime when he arrived but seems like longer’s passed Friends are lighting candles and people swear to me they pray But driving miles to see my boy makes believing harder every day Daddy told me ‘God is kind,’ he only gives what one … Continue reading Love song to my preemie
Happiness is a choice
Another quote I borrowed from the memoir I'm currently reading, Drew Barrymore's "Wildflower." She describes how she read it on a friend's wall and she thinks about how it is an admirable quality in those who are constantly and consistently making the choice to be happy, despite life's most treacherous obstacles.I too admire those who … Continue reading Happiness is a choice
Please ask
The most comforting words I heard at my son's funeral service were, "What was his personality like?" It was a dear friend from years ago I had not seen in over a decade. She obviously had never met my son and I am not sure she was even aware I'd had a child until she'd … Continue reading Please ask
Empathy
Relationships are more work than any other effort we make. Jobs, if you're fortunate, take up roughly forty hours of your week and pay for your basic needs and a few luxuries. But relationships; friendships, marriages, family dynamics; are difficult, emotional, but rewarding lifelong efforts. I've thought a lot about relationships over the last few … Continue reading Empathy
Parenting Angels 