Moving day
This blog post is part of a series that I began for telling our story. You can read the first …
Previous articles
Being Her Mommy (re-run)
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.
Planning the next steps
Thanks for being patient with me. Every time I stop writing, I get stuck.
Healing in music
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…
Roller Coaster (rerun)
This is a re-run of my blog post from May 3, 2011…
Long term thinking
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.
Breathing 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).
First blog about her illness
As I poured out my heart to the internet in the blog post below, I was overwhelmed with gratitude for the responses I got.
Good news, bad news
So many tests, so many results. The MRI was by far the worst.
More tests
I continue to be blown away as I re-read our journey. How many tests were done on our sweet little girl?
Blooming Joy! 