International Bereaved Mother’s Day is today, May 5th, 2019. Every year, this day falls one week before “regular” Mother’s Day. This is my 3rd year being a bereaved mother on this day. It’s surreal that it’s been that long, but here I am. In my first year, just 4 months or so after having Jonah, I remember looking at mamas…
Just a couple days ago, my sweet little Halley turned 8 months old. Sheesh! She’s doing so many things -crawling, pulling herself up on some things, trying more solid foods, being curious about SO many things…it’s amazing watching her grow and change. I know this is incredibly cliche, but it really does fly by. I mean, 8 months is such…
The emotions in my heart as I write this are complicated. There are so many seasons to life, and within that, there are so many seasons to grief. I once heard grief described as a ball bouncing around in a box. There’s a button in the middle of one of the sides of the box. In the beginning, when a…
