10 years of dying | Infant Loss | Yakima Washington
July 20 2019, Here it is. Ten years. It feels like just moments ago, and yet, ten years have passed by like a whisper. My heart is broke open, clutching to things my brain is struggling to muster into reality, and I can’t help but let tears fall down my face. All I want…
I choose to train towards getting through tomorrow
Every morning I wake up searching for you, only to remember you aren’t here with me. I focus and I pray and I write. I train my heart and mind daily to overcome the pain I feel, in order to push myself out of bed and move forward into a new day. I’m a mother…
All became as clear as a light in a dark room
I remember a time when life seemed to be “normal”, but normal is gone. I’ve realized now that “normal” never existed. I danced through daily life as if it were a novel, daily tasks always to be done, steadfast truths that seemed to be nothing but fact and the surety that life had and was…
all that has been lost
Sunlight spills over each white slat that covers my bedroom window. Despite their tightly cinched appearance, light pours in like a leaky faucet, refusing to hide behind its shroud. I lay in a sea of fluffy white; pillows and down comforters enveloping my warm, naked skin as I plead with my body to awaken fully…
2nd grade | Portland Family Portraits
My daughter started 2nd grade this last week… how in the world is she old enough for 2nd grade already?? GAH! {insert mom tears here}