Remember Me

May 12, 2013 by · 2 Comments
mother's day for loss moms

This Mother’s Day, remember me. The mom who holds her baby’s hand in the NICU. The mom who wants nothing more than to take her newborn baby home, and free her baby from the medications, the doctors and the smell of the hospital. The mom who misses the baby she lost. The mom who has sweet [...]

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Anxiety, Mother’s Day and… that thing called Gratitude.

May 12, 2012 by · 10 Comments
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The irony of having the magazine live, is I am having major writer’s block. And just in a weird funk. I’m pushing through though. I’m also having some weird anxiety about Mother’s Day. I think the card companies thrive off of that. To be honest I really don’t care much about the day. Mothers should be [...]

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Paper Butterflies

March 27, 2012 by · 14 Comments
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I’m a fairly simple girl to please. When I found these beautiful butterflies at the art store a while back I had no idea what I’d really use them for but I knew there had to be something. They are so delicate, and simply gorgeous. I used part of the butterfly banner on Jenna’s memory [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day

May 8, 2011 by · 3 Comments
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Today we went to visit sweet Jenna. We placed some pink flowers and a purple and silver windmill there for her. Something about Bubby smiling when we go to the cemetary (and he almost always does!) brings me comfort. I so hope he sees something we can’t see. I hope he sees his sister smiling. [...]

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