Easter 2020 was a strange one! With COVID-19, we obviously didn’t go to church or to be with our families. We stayed hunkered down in our home! The morning started out with another thunderstorm (that freaked Baxter out!), the sun came out for a little bit, then a cold front blew through, bringing a ton […]
Anthony was out of town for Valentine’s Day, but that didn’t stop Emery + I from celebrating with homemade biscuits in the shape of hearts. Outfit is from Swanky Shank, mats are from Gathre. Two of my favorite small shops!
Anthony’s out of town again (surprise, surprise!) for Emery’s first true snow day (he was such a tiny thing when it snowed in 2018/2019). It was sweet to get some photos of both Baxter + Emery. E wanted *nothing* to do with that cold, white stuff on the ground!
I started grieving the loss of my mom long before she made the decision to go on hospice. I distinctly remember having multiple conversations with my staff + fellow co-workers about her ultimate passing. She had surgery on August 20, 2019, where there were two outcomes. On the CT scan, there were two areas of […]
On December 22, 2019, early in the morning, my mom took her last breath, surrounded by my dad + my Aunt Carolyn. My mom waited for everyone to be out of her house – the dogs, the boys, my brothers, before she left this earth. She wanted peace. Throughout my mom’s journey, my phone was […]
Here are a few thoughts during the last month of my mom’s life on earth. 11/19/2019Mom has been in the hospital for a few days. It started out as a UTI and then she developed VRE (Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus), a blood infection. She’s received several doses of Zyvox which has been working. Today, at lunch […]