I had an appointment with my grief therapist the other day. I haven’t seen her in a couple weeks because of Kenley’s leg and going back to work. She started asking me questions and I unloaded. I didn’t realize I had so many things to say. I told her I couldn’t understand why so many… Continue reading Fine
Blake has been gone just over six weeks. I have absolutely no idea how that much time has passed. We had spent 5 months and 1 day since she was diagnosed trying to prepare ourselves, for her to leave, as best we could. Let’s be real; there is no preparation. There’s no way to be… Continue reading Six weeks
The other day Jeff and I were packing the kids up to run an errand. Jeff put Blake in her car seat while I helped Kenley get her shoes on. He suddenly remembered that he left the dogs in the backyard, so he ran outside. I picked up Blake, held Kenley’s hand and started toward… Continue reading Forget
My mom always says I’ve been a mother my whole life, even when I was a little kid. I loved dolls; I was borderline obsessed with them. My family called me “little mommy”. I begged my big sister to walk me to the hospital, three blocks away from our house, so I could go and… Continue reading Being a mom
Still Finding Sunshine 