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Mental Gymnastics
Read more: Mental GymnasticsLearning the mental gymnastics required to create new memories after child loss takes a soul strength I am still acquiring. Holding grief and gratitude, joy and sorry, bitter and sweet forces me to bend…but I will not break.
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The Split
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Read more: The SplitThis day will take more strength than I thought, sweet boy. I pray it doesn’t take more than I have. Today is Mother’s Day and you aren’t here. Thankfully, your brothers and Grandma are, so we will celebrate. There is now a split in my Mother’s Day. I will celebrate with two children while grieving…
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The Gift I Never Asked For
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Read more: The Gift I Never Asked ForHolding Grief and Gratitude After Losing a Child Grief is a thief. She takes from every corner, yet sometimes she leaves quiet, involuntary gifts to families like ours. Sweet boy, while I am waiting for rebuilding to begin, if it ever does, I wonder who I will become. I will always be your mom and…
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Bed Rails
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Read more: Bed RailsGrief has a way of wrecking everything—including priorities. Apathy sneaks in just behind her. Nothing seems important. How can it be when you are gone? This morning Grandma said, Do I look like I care what the floor looks like? Sweet boy, the floors are not as clean as when you were here. Grandma kept…
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A Whisper from Heaven
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Read more: A Whisper from HeavenSweet boy, I drove one our favorite routes today. The road has taken some damage over the years. So have I. The view, however, was ever the same. Grandma and Aunt Dolly went to see a friend from church play at the Batesville Market. It isn’t the kind of place we would have taken you.…
