I didn’t think it was possible, but Lily may be even cuter on TV, but that may also be a proud momma speaking. I can’t believe it actually aired and that I didn’t nervous giggle even once. Watching the segment, there’s a moment where I could sense it coming but I was able to hold …
When you parent a child with special needs and any type of medical needs, you often hear people say, “I don’t know how you do it.” Most of the time I just shrug it off because I don’t always know either, but as a parent, you don’t think about it, you just do it. However, …
On July 14, 2011 at 7:30am, 2 men became our family’s heroes. From that moment on it seemed incredible to me that we had barely spoken to them, didn’t know their names and never had the chance to say thank you. How was it possible that there were people just out there that had played …
There are absolutely no words to describe the day we had…but of course I’m going to try. Today was Lily’s playground build – an incredible gift granted to her by the Million Dollar Smiles foundation and sponsored by the Bank of Montreal. The volunteers were all in place by 9am this morning, and after a …
Time is a funny thing. For the past few weeks Jess and I have been constantly reminding ourselves that “time heals” – we knew that we just needed to give Lily and her body some time to get over this bout of…well, whatever it was. And of course we were right, but those weeks felt …
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 …