Longer away than with usNicoleFriday was 3 months since you died. It seems like an eternity. When I think about the time you were with us, it seems like a blink of an eye. Time has little logic...
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MIssing my little girlNicoleI was just looking at the Trisomy18.org website and reading about the struggles and joys that parents have with their Trisomy babies. I remember writing to get support, answers, help. Now I read about new parents going through the same types of things Gregor and I went through while she was alive...
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Kindle My HeartGregorI can understand that reading the pages of this website can perhaps feel quite heavy, but I want to say that in general when I am writing (or otherwise engaged) I have not been doing so from such a place. Not being on the other side of the planet I do not know whether the incredibly powerful emanation of love that is coming from Arrowen is discernible to you, our loved ones afar.If I were to have thought about what kind of state I would be in faced with this situation after losing Braedwyn 11 months ago yesterday, I am sure my prediction would have been messy and low. However, I am anything but...
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The Resilient SageNicoleWith a feeding tube, an IV, a cast, in an incubator, and a monitor attached to Arrowen, you would think she might tend to look a bit weak. But looking into those blue eyes and sweet, sweet face, there is tremendous resilience. She is so strong. When she is awake, she looks around taking notes on her surroundings...
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The RainGregorThe rain is pouring down in buckets outside. It struck me that it has done a lot of that these past 11 months (come tomorrow) since Braedwyn died. There was quite a downpour in LA a few days after he was gone, we were rained out when we tried to do a sweatlodge in Vermont, it rained in England (well, that's not unusual)...
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