We all deserve to live our lives as joyfully as possible, despite our heartaches. I am not the same person I was before Tanner died. I am a broken person, with a little less spring in my step, and a little less cheer in my voice. I will never be who I was before, […]
Here’s the thing about being a bereaved parent – it is the constant. It is the new starting point for all other feelings, experiences and emotions. You can feel joy, but you feel joy with a base of sadness, an underpinning of grief. I feel joy when I watch Chase accomplish new things – like […]
This Sunday was a big deal for me, personally. I completed my first half-marathon. 13.1 miles. This is a big deal because I only took control of my health about a year ago. Growing up I was always athletic, I was on the swimming team in high school and I worked out often. When Tanner […]