“The one who sneaks extra kisses. The one who doesn’t mind doing the dishes, or the laundry, or the cooking…whatever needs to be done. The one who supports you in everything that matters to your heart, from your silliest ideas to your grandest dreams.”
“This smile I paint on my face every day is hiding a whirlwind of emotions inside me screaming to be let out. Some people will read this and think how horrible I am, but I am so spent.”
“Something needed to be done.”
“We get all the questions: ‘Are you Mormon?’ ‘Are you Catholic?’ ‘Do you have a TV?’ ‘Are they all from one dad?’ ‘Are they all yours?’ My favorite is, ‘You know how that happens, right?’ To which I respond, ‘Sure do! And clearly I’m super good at it!'”
“The train passed by around 10 seconds later.”
“‘She loved running around and taking snow and burying her ball in the snow, playing with us to go find it.’ But their sweet dog wasn’t going to live long enough to see this year’s first snow..”
“After the funeral is over though, what’s next? Here are just a few ways I have found that helped ease the pain of my grief.”
“‘There are two babies in there.’ The more people I told, the happier I was about the two little lives growing inside of me. But as soon as the doctor came into the room, I burst into tears.”
“The oncoming car was crossing the double yellow line, coming straight at us. In that moment, I saw the woman who was driving. She was looking down, and the blue light of a device lit her face in the growing darkness around us. I felt my body tensing for the toughest tackle of my life. It was like watching an eerie slow-motion playback from a big game.”
“I want to go back and hug her. Tell her to believe people when they said it’ll get better. Tell her to put the pump down sooner and snuggle that little baby more. Tell her to let go of all the expectations. She was truly doing the best she knew how to do.”
