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A Year Later
You think you will never feel happy again. You think your days will always be gray and you will always have an achy heart. You think you will never be able to get over the pain. But you do…. and you don’t. How do I feel nearly a year after losing my son? Changed. There…
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It’s Okay Not to Be Okay
“May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’ That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine on it.” Job 3:3-4 I did not experience much anger during the first few weeks after losing Noah. I was extremely sad…
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Why Now? Why the Name?
The process of grief is funny–for lack of a better word. Some people are not ready to share their pain until years after an event. And that’s okay. But me? I talk through my elbows; this is a Colombian expression, I’m not sure if it translates well. It means I talk a lot. (By the…