When I was young and full of idealistic romantic views about how my life and love would be one day – It never looked anything at all like what my real life is. I loved this quote from Henry David Thoreau and I always “imagined” my life being about me finding myself deep in the …
Not the drink kind. Well, kind of the drink kind. Except I currently don’t have a drink in my hand. I mean the kind where it’s a bar where everybody knows your name. except it’s not a bar, its the hospital. That’s kind of how it felt yesterday when I wheeled Kendall into our unit …
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist – directs you where to go So make the best of this test and don’t ask “why” It’s not a question but a lesson learned in time It’s something unpredictable that in the end is right i hope you had …
This morning, for the first time in her life, I got to witness my child take her first breath. When she was born, she was whisked away from me because she was not breathing. She was intubated and extubated in the NICU without me there. I’ve never been present any other time she needed to …
So. We survived the week. My mini-meltdown of last week did eventually find resolution. No one was left behind, everyone made it to their respective places, my sanity and faith in humans and goodness was restored. Karissa’s appointment. I’m not quite ready to talk about all that the details mean, but the testing that she …
