For all my baby loss friends… Thank you for being there for me when others could not. Thank you for giving me courage through your strength. Thank you for listening to my story and loving my sweet boy – just as I do. You’ll never know how much your kindness means to me. Never aloneNever aloneI’ll […]
Good Friday was a beautiful day here in Iowa. The sun was shining and you just wanted to be outside and feel the warmth of the sun on our face. We’ve had such a hard, long winter that I almost forgot what that felt like. But before we enjoyed the sunny afternoon, my family went […]
I’m starting to realize more and more that I am the Debbie Downer of any group. If you have seen SNL – you know what that means. But I totally agree that I am. I truly am a Debbie Downer. Every where I go – I am reminded of my great loss and the pain, […]
I have written before about how I go through periods of sleepless nights and nights where I’m completely exhausted and I all but fall asleep before my head hits the pillow. I also have periods of times where I have – well I can’t decide if they are nightmares or just dreams. Either way, they […]
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” Sometimes the waves are just there to tickle my feet and remind me of what happened and all that is lost, but then again there are […]
I left work early today to spend my time buttoning up and organizing our last bit before we turn in our taxes. A family friend does our taxes since ours are already complicated. We visited him last month to see what we needed to do yet. He mentioned that we should look over our medical […]
for my sweet boy, jonah 