The morning of Izzy’s birth started with a hummingbird sighting outside my small bathroom window. I was pausing for a contraction as the sun was rising and I heard the familiar hum. I quickly picked up my head from dangling as I swayed through the wave of the contraction and saw the first hummingbird I’ve … Continue reading Izzy’s Birth

January 2020  3rd Something I’ve thought often about is how we had to go from “the process of accepting that our baby has severe health issues and special needs and processing through the disappointment of that on no set time frame” to “every day we get with our baby is a gift because he is … Continue reading Unfinished Musings of a Mother Losing Her Child Part 2

There's something in me that needs things to be in chronological order, so before I share Izzy's birth story, I'd like to share this. I'm doing a big 'unfinished writings in Notes from my phone" dump to this blog. Throughout Asa's life, his terminal diagnosis, his passing, and the year following his death, I've gone … Continue reading Unfinished Musings of a Mother Losing Her Child Part 1

In honor of the first anniversary of Asa’s passing.

On the process of a miracle

On comparison and being thankful

If you’ve been following our story via Instagram or Facebook, you’ll already know a lot of unexpected change has been happening in our lives. In a time where consistency is desirable because then at least I can have control, change keeps finding us. It’s like cornstarch and water. When moved quickly, the two substances create … Continue reading “How are you doing?”

Skull surgery scheduled, hearing update, job loss, and dealing with disappointment.