This post was originally shared on January 8, 2016 on my first blog about child loss. Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I tend not to, because I feel like I’m setting myself up for failure. But I do like to set goals for myself for the year. Sometimes those goals look like: “Survive.” And … Continue reading Peace Through Creating
After a few months' break, I started brewing my own kombucha again. I've recently had some immune issues and have needed a bit of a boost to kickstart my healing and to regain some energy. The weather so far this spring has been all over the place, and it's finally starting to feel like spring … Continue reading Home-brewed Kombucha
On my 28th birthday, my friends threw me a surprise party, pooled their money, and gifted me with two nights stay in a local bed and breakfast. It was so generous of them to do. A "personal retreat,' they said. I remember pretending that I was thrilled, but when the time came to actually stay … Continue reading On Being Alone with Your Thoughts
It's hard to believe we are halfway through January already. I mentioned in my first post of the year that I wanted to focus this year on that little vision I had of the upside-down-ness of the kingdom of God, and it was so interesting to me to listen to a weekly podcast series that … Continue reading Healing my Father Wounds
It happened during my recent miscarriage. On the first Sunday of Advent, we learned that I was expecting another baby. A few weeks later, we learned that the baby had died. It was in the throes of the pain from the miscarriage that it happened. I was up in the night with cramps and remember … Continue reading My break from social media
I wouldn't say I'm a dog lover, exactly, though I've always preferred dogs to cats. I am a dog liker. They're nice and all, but for the most part, I don't go out of my way for them. Meet Blarney, our goldendoodle, whose fifth birthday is today. If you've read some of our story, then you know … Continue reading Blarney
Welcome to the latest post in my series called Taking Flight. I have called it that because there have been so many things I have learned from and since our losses that I feel like my life has just begun to take flight in a way that I never thought possible. Certainly I never imagined it … Continue reading Healing Through Self Care – Part 1
Welcome to the first post in my new Taking Flight series! This is one I'm also sharing in the UPLIFT event on facebook, offering encouragement, inspiration, and healing for the holidays. The timing of this post is no coincidence. As we in the United States are nearing our annual Thanksgiving celebration, it is also a season when some … Continue reading Protecting Your Heart with Family and Friends
Friends, Lately I have felt a bit disconnected from what I call "the babyloss community." It has been a while since I have posted here about the pain of our loss and the grief I was feeling. I'd been writing for a few other places about the experience of loss and how to carry the … Continue reading Taking Flight
I have another blog about baby loss. On it, I write about life after our loss, the emotions surrounding the pain of losing our twin daughters, and the memorial artwork I create for people who have also lost their little ones. Our identical twins, Fiona and Brigid, died from complications due to something called Twin … Continue reading The hard work of healing
Bless the Chaos 