This is my Pride. It took a lot of years, but then this lady happened and suddenly everything made sense. I was no longer ashamed or worried about what people would think. The door opened to a world where love is just love, and families and just families, and I get to spend every single …
What is Lily Looking For?
She’s looking for number 100! 100 what, you may ask yourself? A while ago, we asked the people we love to take a few minutes out of their lives to register to become organ donors. Originally we set our goal at getting 25 people to register. We reached that goal and then decided to double …
Tomorrow Came
And of course, tomorrow was different. Hours after posting my last entry, I had a conversation with Jess where I asked her to remind me that when I’m struggling like that, that the best thing I can do for myself is to take 15 minutes to just sit and write it out. Thoughts that are …
Today is Hard
I’m walking around in a fog – or worse, on the constant edge of tears. Every time I allow myself time to just stop I end up back there and I can’t tear myself away. I know that I’ve joked in the past about my PTSD state post Lily’s cardiac arrest. I know that I’ve …
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Today I was, once again, reminded that life can sometimes throw you incredible curves and that within mere moments everything can change. While I’m at home tonight feeling very grateful that our scariest moments with Lily ended happily, my heart is with other people and hoping that, for them, tomorrow is a better day. Tomorrow …
Dear Sir or Ma’am
For the first time I had someone laugh at Lily. I wasn’t expecting it and it shocked and sickened me. I sat there, looking at my instragram page and saw those seemingly innocent letters: “lmfao”. I peeked at the user pic and I wanted to vomit. I knew once I clicked on the profile that …