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A Life Remembered

Well, we did it. We made it through September. I won’t say it was perfect, or pretty, or somehow magically made our grief less intense or desperate to be on the other side. But we did feel held, loved, and as though we were able to honor Deacon’s 8th birthday and his first heavenly anniversary.…

Share The Love

September brings both Deacon’s birthday, and the anniversary of his passing. It would be very simple to just focus on our sadness. I could attempt to explain the level of desperation and panic that wells up in my heart when I allow myself to just WANT HIM. More than our sadness though, Derek and I…

September

It’s September. I wouldn’t need to look at a calendar to know that. I can feel it ache in my bones. A buzzing in my nerves and a thudding in my brain. September has haunted the last couple months. September carries the weight of the year. All the lasts were in September. The last full…