I am making huge efforts to move forward, make progress, continue to live and breathe without my son. But I cannot escape the fact that today is Sunday the 22nd. He died eight months ago on Sunday the 22nd. Even writing the words, "he died," is difficult, surreal, impossible. I've been waking up to silence … Continue reading Not that I’m counting
I wish someone could have explained to me the heartbreak that parenting involves. Take the worst disappointment, the worst heartbreak, the worst rejection and the worst pain you ever had in life...combine each of those feelings and multiply it by a million. That's what parenting feels like every day. There is no worse worry on … Continue reading Choosing to parent
"Every mother needs a wife." I've stolen this phrase from the hilarious and brilliant Amy Poehler. It's in her book "Yes, Please" which I recommend to anyone who likes to laugh, those who've concluded that life is hard even if you are beautiful, gifted, intelligent and funny, and all women who need other women. This … Continue reading Every mother needs a wife
My husband and I have very similar stories when we reminisce about childhood memories of our grandmas. He never met either of mine and I had the pleasure of knowing and loving only his maternal grandmother. However, all four of our parents had moms who spoiled their grandchildren by filling their bellies, ignoring slight misbehaviors … Continue reading The Gift of Grandmothers
In reality, there is nothing, ever, that will stop us from missing our baby.
I only want you to know that my love for you spans all the Heavens and Earth and I will never stop loving you.
There is something I know but I will never understand. There is something I feel that is not physical and it's not psychological. But I know it and feel it in a place that I can only conclude is my heart. Some people would describe it as faith. Faith is a belief in a thought, … Continue reading Connections
My heart will never be quite whole, but in time, it will be a beautiful work of art.
Parenting Angels 