Recently Ted and I were watching a tv show where a daughter was being particularly hard on her mother. Her mother's friend said to the girl, "Be kind. Don't you think she's suffered enough for one lifetime?" Effortlessly tears began to fall as suffering has become a close friend of mine. But in reality, suffering…
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The Announcement That Never Came In The Onesie That Still Did.
Here it is. The announcement that never came in the onesie that still did. I remember scanning pages and pages of big brother onesies that fit newborns. Most 'big brother' shirts only come in t-shirt sizes. Most Moms only announce their second child after their first has had time to grow. A black onesie -…
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Deep Grief and Great Love.
A constant state of emptiness surrounds me. A hole, now larger than the size of Sam ripped open to make room for Lion, exists within me. Before we were discharged from the ER, three different nurses on three different occasions had the lack of bedside manner to wish me a "Happy Early Birthday". They were…
Thinking of Sam 