Child loss, garden, garden photos, gardens, Mental Health

Creating the Peace Garden: Honoring Loss and Hope

I will design and build a rose garden inspired by Jackie Kennedy's White House Rose Garden as it was before a concrete pad replaced the lawn.

Advocacy, Bereaved Parents, bereavement, Child loss, children, Family, garden photos, Grief, Life, Loss, Mental Health, parenting, Photos, Poetry

I Remember What It is to Love a Daughter

Did you know I loved my daughter so much that I did everything I could to find her the blue Sleeping Beauty dress for her Halloween costume when she was three? I will speak of the quality of the life she lived because I know what it is to love, adore, and even defend my daughter.

Family, parenthood, Writing

Talks about Breastfeeding: Two Things

Imagine walking through on a city sidewalk in late autumn. Rain falls. You had thought the weather would feel warmer, but water hardens on the leaves at your feet. Cold covers your toes, and it spreads weakening the speed of your pace. You reach the end of the sidewalk where it meets a street, and… Continue reading Talks about Breastfeeding: Two Things