Today I found myself looking through a Target sales ad thinking about what we would have gotten Weston for his birthday and for Christmas this year. He would have been 3 years old. The holidays and this time of year are difficult for us. We miss our baby boy each and every day.
gifts
I’m old-school
I went to see Amelia Earhart with my Mom and Dad and Erin. I don’t see movies in the theatre very often anymore, but it was nice to see one on the big screen. The scenery in the movie was beautiful. I found the acting to be really great, although I am reminded of why [...]
Bad Phrasing
No one ever said Grad school was easy. It is not uncommon for me to have several papers to write – the common length is 10 to 12 pages. To most people, they say, oh that’s not that much. But what people do not realize is that the 10 -12 pages have to be original [...]
Who are these people?
I like watching the Food Network from time to time. However, some of the show hosts scare me. This morning, this lady:
kept referring to a turkey (in a little kid voice) as “sweetie, and “my little sweetie.” I was afraid at any moment she was going to kiss it. There were many other comments she [...]
Difficult to Balance
It’s difficult to balance the stress in my life on a daily basis and determine whether or not it is normal stress or stress amplified by grief. There is no denying that grief is contributing to the stress in many areas of my life. When I go to bed at night, my mind may be [...]
Still Stunned
This is Weston and his cousin Jocelyn.
Every night when I lay down to go to sleep, thoughts of Weston being gone rush through my head, leaving me with a sinking feeling and a a moment of being stunned once again. I truly cannot believe that we no longer have Weston. It is still hard, almost [...]
A Special Weekend
Erin and I spent the weekend just outside of Nashville, Tennessee with a group of amazing couples, each which had lost a child at some point in their recent past. Nancy Guthrie and her husband David, who lost two of their babies about ten years ago, hosted the weekend get-together and have since written several [...]
blue eyes
Missing our baby today.
Ramblings
I miss hearing him say, “Daddy.” There are no sweeter words that a Dad can hear.
I have not written as much lately for a number of reasons. It has nothing to do with the fact that Weston has not been on my mind constantly. It has to do with the fact that I have [...]
Circumstances of life
I’ve been thinking about Weston a lot lately. Most of the people in my life today were not in my life last year, and therefore they do not know much about Weston. Erin and I continue to have a hard time coping with the circumstances of our life, but we are doing the best we [...]
