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My Longing Heart
My heart is always longing for what it cannot have. It has been over two years and every day feels like…. Your favorite song interrupted. You know, that one song you blast and…
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Two Year Angelversary
Two years ago as I witnessed life leave my child’s body, all hope, denial, or insanity left mine. Whatever was holding me up and pushing me forward dissipated into thin air. At that…
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Perseverance – Senior Year Series #4
This Senior Year Series all started from a “what I want you to know” list that just kept growing. It expanded rapidly from one to twenty thoughts. These are important life skills a…
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Twenty-Two Months
Dear Ava, Today marks the twenty-second month since your body could no longer hold your spirit and I miss you just as much today. I will never stop missing you. Being a mom…
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20 Years of Marriage
Marriage is a promise to be there in sickness and in health, a promise between two imperfect human beings. Today, I celebrate 20 years of marriage to my wonderful husband. I would love…
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Senior Year -No Not Yet
It’s the beginning of my daughter’s senior year. Yesterday was her last day as a Junior, and I am already having a hard time with the roller coaster of emotions that loom ahead.…
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600 Days – Forever Missing You
Dear Ava, May 4, 2019, marks 600 days since you took your final breath. Its nearly Mother‘s Day again. I wonder what life would be like had things turned out differently. Missing you looks and…
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The Monster Within
Today I started my day reading an article about a man who succumbed to grief and took his own life. Sadly, the act of suicide is not uncommon, so that statement will not…
