By Jessica Watson

Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby

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Our World

By Jessica

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In the early months after we lost Hadley, during those foggy seconds of awakening, I would realize my life all over again. The air in the room would be sucked away and my feet would feel too heavy to lift out of bed. Each and every morning at 6 a.m. I would then go through […]

Drive

By Jessica

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Congratulations to Kimberly, the winner of a gorgeous canvas piece from Small Bird Studios!! I have the drive to win compete, I always have. Which is bizarre since I don’t have an athletic bone in my body. Add in a cause I carried close to my heart for two pregnancies, both not quiet long enough […]

With Heart

By Jessica

The nurse put cool metal to his chest, smiling at me as his rhythms were recorded, he whispered… “Hadley is in our hearts, Mommy.” “She is honey,” I nodded, in my achingly proud voice, perfected since they began to speak her name. We sat in the beating quiet until my shy daughter spoke up. And […]

A Moment Here

By Jessica

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To continue lighting my fire and yours I wanted to share a moment from our house yesterday… -What is that Mommy? That is Hadley’s blanket, sweetie.  See her name right there? -It has pink and an H. Yes, it does. -When is she coming to get it? And my son found the words before I […]

That Mom

By Jessica

I am that mom. The one whose blog you may visit through guarded eyes, until you know I am having a “good” day. The one whose story you read with a tissue in hand, not quite opening your whole heart because it might just be too much to take in. The one who you talk to […]

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