Paying it forward

This past year has been such a journey. I've lost two children and through them I have meet such wonderful people and learned so much. I want to honor their memory and make them proud of me. They gave me a gift with their brief lives and this blog is going to be part of how I'm paying it forward.

My dear friend Pam at Compassionate Friends was the first who told me that after losing a child you learn to live a "new normal" because nothing will ever be the same again. That's a very true statement. Some days my goal is just to get out of bed or to smile. Other days my goal is to venture out of the house and buy groceries without crying. As I move on my goals get a little bigger because I'm becoming stronger. I'm not just surviving, I'm starting to live again.

This is a new project for me so this page will evolve and change as I get the hang of it. I'll try to post every day - maybe several times a day. I have a lot I want to say and sometimes it comes in bursts.

And of course I want to say thank you for taking the time to read this.