Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
I used to be very timid in my writing, I was careful and deliberate and thought more about the reader than about what I wanted to say. Grammar has always been my strong point and I would get caught up in form and punctuation and ultimately, lose the feelings I wanted to convey. Often the […]
When she was 6 or 7 or a length too long to bend into a grocery cart I stood in the parking lot, defeated. I was a single mom then and Ashlyn didn’t just wander, she ran. Or she didn’t just run she pulled her fingers along every item at eye level, collecting some, knocking […]
I never liked playing jump rope when I was in school. Jumping rope on my own, counting jumps next to a friend, singing songs I can still recite, that was all fine. I just didn’t like jumping with a group. At recess the line would form and we would wait our turn to jump in […]
Not long ago one of my favorite bloggers, Steph at Adventures in Babywearing, held a giveaway that reached right through my computer screen. She was giving away gorgeous artwork from the very talented Christina of Heart Box Studio. As soon as I looked through Christina’s shop, I realized she had been touched by grief and […]
Last weekend someone I have come to know through blogging and twitter ran a marathon. The day before this marathon she asked for running buddies, people who would take a mile and motivate her to get through it. I asked: (The 11th is Hadley’s Angel Day, a day I dread as much as a cherish.) […]
