The Gift of Ben

This Friday marks the third year anniversary of Ben’s death. This week is always hard. We spent the better part of today, July 4th, at the pool. Kyle jumped in the pool with the girls, they begged for me to come in too. “I just don’t feel like it,” I told them, trying not to […]

Happy Birthday my sweet baby boy. I love and miss you. The years pass, but this day does not get easier. Much love. I’ll hold you again one day….

When I started writing in the summer of 2014, I was focused solely on our tragedy. Hot car deaths. Losing a child traumatically, etc. But, time passes. And, as it passes, I’ve come to realize our journey is much more universal. We have all lost. We have all experienced our own iterations of trauma. The experience […]

“It feels like all these beautiful pieces of life are flying around me and I’m trying to catch ’em. When my granddaughter falls asleep on my lap, I try to catch the feeling of her breathing against me. And when I make my son laugh, I try to catch the sound of him laughing, how […]