“For the first time since losing her, I felt close to her.”
- Love What Matters
- Grief
- Loss of Parent
“For the first time since losing her, I felt close to her.”
“Thank you for helping turn this heartbreak into magic and gifting us the blessing of a lifetime.”
“Through it all I get to know that I was, and still am, loved, by that very same ‘hell of a guy’. Then. Now. Always.”
“Every night in the homeless shelter I thought, ‘When will we ever get out of here? Does anyone even care?’ I had to rely on my dreams to escape the reality I was living. So I drank from a glass-half-full, even when failure, hardship, and death sprawled in my life.”
“The second you see that plus sign, you’re already planning what life will look like with this child. You imagine who they will look like, what they will grow up to do, even the details of their wedding plays in your head. Myself and countless women know the reality of having this taken away in an instant.”
“My heart is still broken, the pain is still real, and my tears still flow. But if I can do this, so can you.”
“My dad taught me no one is ever too big or too bad to love and people do change.”
After 72 years full of adventures, Patrick passed away peacefully on January 11, 2022.
“In my mother’s brightest moments, she was a highly respected and loved special education teacher, friend, spouse, and present mother. But addiction doesn’t care.”
“I grew up believing I was not only difficult to place, but difficult to love—until I discovered I possessed the power to choose the words, thoughts, and beliefs that would accompany me through my day and, ultimately, my life.”