

For Carter
This next story begins on a brisk, early December day. Thin clouds, a watery blue sky and patches of sun play tag above while bundled...
Aug 3, 2018


What can I say?
A friend shared a post with me about something I think she expected I already knew: July is Bereaved Parents Awareness Month. No, I...
Jul 27, 2018


Where love blooms
Seated at the dining room table in a room flooded by afternoon light, the three of us settle into the discussion ahead. Lindsay admits to...
Jul 12, 2018


Saving Ourselves
This morning during my quiet, meditating time, I rediscovered poet Mary Oliver, an American treasure. I was late – I had charged myself...
Jul 4, 2018


I graduated!
It’s a beautiful thing – moving forward during life’s journey. No matter how winding the path, the distance, difficulty or ease of...
Jun 8, 2018


Isaac: Our child in heaven
The last several months of writing I had been driving to my interviews with parents, encircled within a sense of contradiction. I knew I...
May 31, 2018


She is always with us
The sky is a perfect blue and the air, both crisp and soft, a combination reflecting autumn’s beginning and the tail end of late summer....
May 3, 2018





















