Pete Conrad - “Neil, I was sorry to hear about your daughter.”Neil Armstrong - “I’m sorry, is there a question?”Pete Conrad - “What I… What I mean is… Do you think it’ll have an effect?”Neil Armstrong - “I think it would be unreasonable to assume that it wouldn’t have some effect.” Pete Conrad, interviewing Armstrong [...]
I spent last Mother’s Day feeling very empty. It had only been three months since we had lost Audrey— the pain was still fresh and all-consuming. I didn’t know how to approach the day because in my heart I knew I was a mother, but with no baby to care for, I didn’t feel like [...]
Today is Audrey's first birthday, a day full of sorrow and celebration. I decided to write an open letter to Audrey and I hope it can encourage others to know that light can be found in the darkness and out of our deepest darkest pains there can come joy. Happy first birthday Audrey! I can’t [...]
Just as we left the house, the rain started. An untimely yellow light, a massive rear end collision that pushed us through an entire intersection, an ambulance ride to the emergency room, and over six hours spent being monitored in a labor and delivery room later, our Christmas Eve last night was unexpected and undesired [...]
We recently had the joy of announcing that Justin and I are expecting our second child. The news of this baby comes with so much excitement, joy, and hope; but at the same time, it is accompanied by both fear and guilt. When I first learned that I was pregnant, after a wave of joy [...]
I’ve noticed that the tears come a lot easier these days. Six months now since I held Audrey for the first (and final) time, and though I would say I am doing very well (Emily and I both are, praise God!), there are (and probably always will be) small unsuspecting triggers that can randomly give [...]
5Blessed are those whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. 6 As they go through the Valley of Baca they make it a place of springs; the early rain also covers it with pools. Psalm 84:5-6 A little over a month ago I came across this verse. As I [...]