Observations of grief a year in (Round #2)
You learn a lot in years of grief. What works, what doesn't. And it's not the same for everyone, but here's what I see looking b
Death does keep a calendar
March 7th has rolled around again. With little fanfare. Sorry Dad. It’s not that there’s no thought, just that where do you fit even a...
Time & tonne of bricks moments
I feel like a bit of a fraud. Last blog I wrote about this real sense of joy I’d had post-Molly. This underlying happiness despite it...
Life & death in a day... again
Another baby with an unbalanced chromosome translocation, another little girl incompatible with life - Molly's birth and time with us.
It's all coming back to me now...
The reality of this journey is all under a week away now. And while I’ve felt a lot of peace in this pregnancy compared to last time...
Making your heart sing
There’s this thing I really love. Me, myself and I, in a car with my favourite worship playlist up very loud. I don’t care what anyone...
Getting familiar with death
Death’s not something people like to talk about. It’s a subject people often avoid. They’re scared to bring it up for fear of upsetting...
The good, the bad & the ugly
Life has flown in the 10 weeks since I last wrote, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good because sometimes you can have too...
Love, hope, and being hit by a bus
We went in to the hospital this afternoon to get results from our CVS test on whether this bub will be healthy or ‘incompatible with life’,
When courage wins over common sense
This is news we’re not 100% sure how to feel about yet… we’re pregnant again (and no, it wasn’t an accident!).