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I Have Possibly the Best Extended Family on the Planet 9 Jan 2013 | 03:23 am
I don’t write about my family outside of Cora’s daddy, my mom and occasionally my sister and Ben’s brother. I realize that this blog is out there in the public and don’t want to invade anyone’s privac...
Click. Click. Vote. 3 Jan 2013 | 11:49 pm
I don’t usually take to my blog to ask you to vote, but am asking you to take a moment to vote for my nominee for The Real Awards (a project by Save the Children). You can read more about why I chose ...
My One Word for 2013 3 Jan 2013 | 02:21 am
A few years ago the Internet introduced me to a New Year’s concept I’d never heard of, picking one “word” to describe the next year. This is my first year picking a word, and I let my word come to me....
Buh Bye 2012 (Aka Possibly the Worst Year of My Life) 28 Dec 2012 | 11:50 pm
Buh bye 2012. Adios, salut and good riddance. Don’t let the door hit you…. I can seriously say without being a drama queen at all that 2012 might have been the worst year of my life. Sure, it doesn’t ...
The Bereaved Grandparent 20 Dec 2012 | 07:07 pm
I get my love of babies and children from my mother. When she enters a room and sees a baby or a young child, she makes a bee line and her face lights up and then we don’t even try to talk to her for ...
We’re Getting Preschool Ready 19 Dec 2012 | 01:51 pm
Sometimes this blog calls to me. It’s like an itch that must be scratched. I feel a need to write here, to continue Cora’s Story, but sometimes I just have nothing to say. Like I mentioned in my previ...
Helping the Grieving Parents in Newtown, CT: When a Stranger’s Child Dies 16 Dec 2012 | 03:25 pm
I’ve logged into WordPress to write a post about the nightmarish, horrific murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut several times. I wanted to write about how as a grieving mom ...
I Am Not a Troll Because I Got Upset My Daughter’s Photo Was Stolen 13 Dec 2012 | 06:27 am
The night before Cora’s third death anniversary, I got a note from someone through the Cora’s Story Facebook page. They’d seen Cora’s photo used on another page as the story of a child that had died f...
Save a Life This Christmas 12 Dec 2012 | 03:27 pm
Ben and I don’t do Christmas presents. One of the perks of being a Buddhist. Yes, we will for our children and will have a Christmas tree and all of the other Christmas goodies when the time comes, bu...
Behind the Scenes 3 Dec 2012 | 05:43 am
I sometimes get notes from other moms who have lost children wondering how I’m doing so well. Sometimes moms that haven’t lost children comment that they could never be as strong as me. I never try to...
