Category: Our Story
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A Day at a Time; Coping with Grief
Coping with the grief of losing a child.I was honoured by a request to share my experience with Christina and her community at www.thisisreallifemama.com Christina is a licensed therapist Christina is a mental health professional, she also works from home to care for her children. She is a licensed therapist in California and still completes…
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Pain
I cannot comprehend (at this moment) living with a pain that won’t ever go away. That has it’s own currents like an ocean.
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Now What?
I wander around getting ready, but also ‘now what SHOULD I be doing right now?’ Well as my lovely support network tells me, there are NO rules. I get to choose what I’m up for or not.
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The letter in the mail
Not long ago, weeks after the funeral a non-descriptive letter arrived in the mail. I got it out of the mail box and Luke gave me a sideways look, he had been trying to check the mail first, ever since they had told us we would receive the death certificate in the mail. I probably…
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Altered Capacity
I don’t want to talk about the funeral. Talking about any of it is a massive energy drain, not necessarily a bad thing, it just is.
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“It isn’t as bad as I thought it would be”?
The Palliative Care nurse asked, as she had every time we spoke, “How are you doing?”
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Does MY Life as I know it end?
I know the isolation of building your life around the space station. No freedom to come and go as you wish. No ability to have play dates back on earth whenever you wish.
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Our Hospital Chapter Has Closed – Is My Life Over?
I know the isolation of building your life around the space station. No freedom to come and go as you wish. No ability to have play dates back on earth whenever you wish.
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The Most Difficult Day
“Abi,” she said, “From what they are telling me, this sounds different.” I didn’t know, so many thoughts whizzing through my head. “The next 6-12 hours are going to really show us what is happening” She continued.
