I was never much of a numbers person. Milestones have always been for the happiest of things. It is crazy the way your world changes in the face of a traumatic loss. Five months. 154 days. 3679.5 hrs since I kissed your head and went to work. 149 days since we buried you. Five months and all that it carries. 164 days since we baptized you and asked God to bless and care for you as you continued to grow. Crazy...
One of my passions is photography. I still have my Nikon 35mm camera that I used through high school and part of college. But, these days my phone is attached to my hip, along with my family, so my camera on my phone has become my number one source of life photos – and that’s OK! With technology these days, the major updates to phone versions usually entail enhancement of their cameras so by paying attention to a few key...
We decided we needed to do something to brighten our days, since we've been in a bit of a funk since the New Year began. We have created a "Joy Jar" for our house. Some people say "happiness" or "blessings" but since we lost a huge part of our hearts and family, nearly 5 months ago, that didn't seem to fit. Our goal is to write down 1 thing a week that has brought us joy - a moment, an...
I am finding the first weeks of this New Year to be more difficult than I expected. I write that, but inside I’m thinking to myself “will anything ever be easy again?” We made it through December, which was our wish when November started. The last eight weeks have been spent dodging landmines. Christmas decorations. Stockings on the mantel. Holiday cards with everyone’s families on them. Pregnancy announcements. Birth announcements. Birthdays. Packing for holiday travel and having seconds of relapse...
