Warning: long post ahead. I’m trying to include everything from a given day into one post, and on May 12 there were long posts on my blog and on CaringBridge. I think maybe Travis wrote the first one? Not sure anymore, it was definitely one of us though.
This is a post I wrote on my blog on May 11, 2011. As I look back on these posts, once Samantha stabilized I found my writing voice again. I could think beyond the immediate picture in front of me, looking back on my life and forward to an unknown future. Thanks for sticking with me on this journey!
The following post is from May 10, 2011, one that I wrote for my blog and copied to our CaringBridge (or maybe vice-versa?). This was the start of the hardest time period for me during her illness.
This blog post is part of a series that I began for telling our story. You can read the first …
The following is a post I wrote on May 7, 2011. Given that we just passed Mother’s Day again, and it’s been 8 years… these words are profound to me now.
Thanks for being patient with me. Every time I stop writing, I get stuck.
Apologies in advance: this is a long one. It includes both a CaringBridge post from my sister and a blog post from me, both written on May 4…
This is a re-run of my blog post from May 3, 2011…
We went from Samantha breathing on her own to eating on her own. Things were definitely looking up, and I had hope for the first time in ages. This was when I began to breathe again.
After the huge stressors of Holy Week and everything that happened, suddenly, our daughter was off the ventilator and moved into a step-down unit (intermediate care).
Blooming Joy! 