by maria | Oct 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
July 24, 2012. My whole world changed in moments. I became a mom. I didn’t know before Vivian was born, that I could love someone so completely, that I felt my heart literally living outside my body. Viv was prenatally diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome,...
by maria | Oct 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today we celebrate your 9th birthday. I can’t even believe it. As each year passes, my heart swells with more and more gratitude for the gift of you. Love can’t help but create more love, and I see that every day because of you. I don’t always feel like I am worthy...
by maria | Oct 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
Like everyone else right now, I have a lot of feels that I don’t like having. I feel dull on the inside. Not unexciting dull, but empty dull. Like can anything else not go right? I am tired, easily distracted, it’s been hard to remain motivated. Grief is...
by maria | Oct 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
I, like Anne of Green Gables, am so glad “I live in a world where there are Octobers”. Yet, for a grieving person, as a new season begins, grief can sometimes seem to begin again. This can be overwhelming, frustrating and exhausting especially when...
by maria | Oct 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Mom, don’t buy these kind of bagels anymore.” Coming from my pickiest child, I rolled my eyes and continued to pop one into the toaster for my oldest. Without even looking at my son who made the comment, I responded “and why is that?” Snarkier than I wished when I...
