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Mixed Emotions

I ask myself these questions from time to time now. How does one celebrate for one child and still continue to mourn the loss of another child? Can I be still be happy for the one I still have here with me? Will this sadness linger on forever?

Category: Faith, Loss, Death of a child Tags: #globalgenes, #hydrocephalusawareness, #l1cam, #l1strong, anxiety, awareness, death, depression, diagnosis, disability, Encouragement, Faith, family, genetics, Grieving, Hardship, Hope, Hydrocephalus, life, living, Love, love of a child, Mom, PTSD, Special Needs, stress, surviving, thriving, X-linked

The Day I told him “I’ll see you again”

This guy right here made me the mom I am today. With multiple brain surgeries, feeding tubes, feeding pumps, hip surgery, multiple tendon releases in each leg and foot, (VNS) Vagus Nerve surgery, 2 spinal infusions, surgery on each thumb (inward thumb/visibility of L1 syndrome), Budd-Chiari Syndrome, and numerous seizures that more than 50% of them were life threatening. He was on life support during those times. I can truly say that this child… Read More

Category: Uncategorized Tags: #l1cam, #l1strong, anxiety, death, diagnosis, Faith, Grieving, Hardship, Heaven, Hope, Hydrocephalus, life, Love, love of a child, sick, Special Needs