Val spent her eighth birthday with a fever skipping between 105F and 108F. She also puked, had some very explosive diarrhea and many long, loud farts. She was weak, her stomach hurt like crazy and there was nothing to be done about it. She had a strep throat infection on top of gastroentritis.
Still, she did [...]
Archive for May, 2009
letting go
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, Life after on May 31, 2009 | 10 Comments »
move on, move on… …
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, Life after on May 25, 2009 | 13 Comments »
You know that song? — There were ten in the bed and then the little one said roll over, roll over… ..
Except in my life, I mean, life after Ferdinand, people keep telling me move on, move on…
And I want to just step out of my shoes and tell them, “Here, you wear these shoes [...]
children and death
Posted in Glow in the woods on May 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
new post over at Glow today.
continuing the story
Posted in Life after on May 21, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Jessie wrote this comment in response to my last post:
Can I just tell you how happy I am to read your post. I have been struggling with writer’s block because I am beginning to be more immersed in my anticipation of my new baby and less submerged in my grief. And it is harder to [...]
79 things, my sweet little Lyra
Posted in Lyra on May 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I am not writing a weekly “update” of you like I did with your eldest sister.
But that does not mean I love you any less.
I love you so much sometimes I’m afraid that love will crush you, tender little one.
Every parent think they have the cutest, most beautiful, sweetest little one, and I am no [...]
