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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,...

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...

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...

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...

“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...