The most amazing things can happen when you open yourself up to others

"Hey, hey you! What do you think? Let me ask you? Do you think it is reasonable for someone to take anti-anxiety meds when you can't...

Download it! A New Year...

We learned from our entourage of therapists (feels like that some days) that one great tool for dealing with anything in life, a daily...

Lesson: Give up perfection. Embrace your pain and truth.

"I am sorry to hear you are struggling. I thought you guys had turned a corner." My dad kindly spoke to me over breakfast one day. I had...

Self-care vs. Selfish

My spiritual guide, mentor, therapist, and great friend whom I have come to so appreciate sent this to me this morning. It was the first...

Lesson: Accepting your feelings, change and always say you're sorry- this life is of substance

Dear Twins, So Donald Trump will be our next president. I think it is fair to say that this nation and our collective consciousness feels...

Returning to the hospital where I held you last- A ceremony for all lost babies.

Dear Jude and Quinton, Last night daddy and I attended a special ceremony held at the hospital we delivered you boys at. It was the last...

Grief is a sneaky bitch.

My husband came home this week and told me that while working, his colleague announced in front of him and his other colleagues that she...

This week has been hard. I really miss you.

Dear Boys, This week has been pretty tough. I can't lie. It really stinks when it feels so hard and you just want to feel okay. These are...

Lesson: "Child Loss is not an event, it's an indescribable journey of survival"

Dear Boys, Today I received this text message from a very sweet, thoughtful and kind woman. She had provided me with prenatal massages...

Lesson: Chose what your pain means. Pick your problems.

Dear Twins, I promised myself that after I lost you both and almost lost my own life, that I would not spend a single second doing...

My New Narrative

An honest photo essay of loss and a grateful journey to heal