In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, Calvin's Cupcakes is offering this free PAIL Cupcake for you to use for your baby/babies. Just click on the image to get the larger version. In Continue Reading »
Three flowers
I attended a "Walk to Remember" remembrance walk and ceremony in Clearwater with some of my BabyCenter GBJ girls, their husbands, and their rainbow babies. Part of it included putting flowers on and Continue Reading »
Patterns I shouldn’t dwell on
It was a Sunday. The Sunday after Ash Wednesday. Louie and I were attending Mass at St. Basil's Church. We wanted to light a candle by the Sacred Heart of Jesus. There were no more candles. Louie Continue Reading »
The 5th Belongs to Calvin: Dandiewinks Prelaunch
I've been interested in many-things artsy, crafty, and designy for almost as long as I can remember. From making flyers, programs, and invitations for family, my youth group, and department events in Continue Reading »
Happy almost 1st birthday, Rainbow
“Because Grief is As Real as Love”
Because grief is as real as love, I mourn. I mourn my babies by saying the same things over and over, by finding different ways to say these things again and again: I hear them with each step I Continue Reading »
Q is for Questions (and no good answers)
I have been struggling to write this post for a while now. I've been writing it over and over in my notebook, then drawing big X's over the words, because I just couldn't get it to feel right. There Continue Reading »
What Makes You Grateful?
Especially in the early days of grieving, it's difficult to find things for which to be grateful. That's why any statement that begins with At least... can induce fits of rage, tears, and cursing (and Continue Reading »
