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Parenting after a Loss
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XP: A year's worth of thanks
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To my nesties:
A year ago I drove home from a dinner out (the first time I had been able to eat Mexican in my entire pregnancy) to find my neighborhood ablaze. I sent my husband in to the fire to get our animals and then sat on the side of the road waiting for him to return with our dog (which he did thank god). In those moments of panic, dry heaving in some stranger's yard, not knowing whether my husband was alive, I knew I needed to get to a computer. When Dan met me and told me he had grabbed the computers, I was so thankful because I knew I needed to log on, and I didn't want to explain to my friend when we got to her house. I wasn't looking for sympathy, but rather, I was turning to my closest friends. I was hoping that your good thoughts could help keep the fire away from my home (even though I know better). I sat there that night, instead of watching the news coverage, refreshing my post about our house, taking comfort in the fact that dozens of women from across the country were thinking of us that night. And when we found out that the house was gone, I took comfort in knowing that you would help bring me through. In the days and weeks after the fire, cards, gifts, and well wishes poured in from around the country, and we were lifted by your thoughtfulness. It is because of many of you that we were able to recreate our nursery with some of the same items we had lost. It is because of you that we had baby things when Kellen came home from the hospital. I had so many things that I HAD to do in those few weeks, that shopping at Babies R Us or Target was nearly impossible. And you have continued to lift us up, cheering us on as we logged on for the first time from our nearly completed house in January, sending good thoughts as we moved home, and holding my virtual hand as I navigated through the lowest moments of my life. The battle is not over even though we pass the one year anniversary tomorrow. And I am so lucky to have you as friends. I know you will not judge me when I write that I am []this close to a mental breakdown. I know I will get words of encouragement in the days when getting out of bed is nearly impossible. From the bottom of Dan's, Kellen's, and my heart, Thank you for being the best kind of friends a women could ask for. We love you very much!
A year ago I drove home from a dinner out (the first time I had been able to eat Mexican in my entire pregnancy) to find my neighborhood ablaze. I sent my husband in to the fire to get our animals and then sat on the side of the road waiting for him to return with our dog (which he did thank god). In those moments of panic, dry heaving in some stranger's yard, not knowing whether my husband was alive, I knew I needed to get to a computer. When Dan met me and told me he had grabbed the computers, I was so thankful because I knew I needed to log on, and I didn't want to explain to my friend when we got to her house. I wasn't looking for sympathy, but rather, I was turning to my closest friends. I was hoping that your good thoughts could help keep the fire away from my home (even though I know better). I sat there that night, instead of watching the news coverage, refreshing my post about our house, taking comfort in the fact that dozens of women from across the country were thinking of us that night. And when we found out that the house was gone, I took comfort in knowing that you would help bring me through. In the days and weeks after the fire, cards, gifts, and well wishes poured in from around the country, and we were lifted by your thoughtfulness. It is because of many of you that we were able to recreate our nursery with some of the same items we had lost. It is because of you that we had baby things when Kellen came home from the hospital. I had so many things that I HAD to do in those few weeks, that shopping at Babies R Us or Target was nearly impossible. And you have continued to lift us up, cheering us on as we logged on for the first time from our nearly completed house in January, sending good thoughts as we moved home, and holding my virtual hand as I navigated through the lowest moments of my life. The battle is not over even though we pass the one year anniversary tomorrow. And I am so lucky to have you as friends. I know you will not judge me when I write that I am []this close to a mental breakdown. I know I will get words of encouragement in the days when getting out of bed is nearly impossible. From the bottom of Dan's, Kellen's, and my heart, Thank you for being the best kind of friends a women could ask for. We love you very much!
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Re: XP: A year's worth of thanks
This date kept going through my head earlier today, I kept thinking... what happened on this day last year?? Now I know what I was recalling... I was sooo upset for you that night =(
(huge, huge hug)
wow - that was a tear-jerker!
thanks right back to you! we were so happy to see things turn out well for you!
Surgery for ectopic pregnancy June 3, 2008
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BFP #2 September 25, 2008
Baby boy born June 4, 2009 at 40 weeks
8 pounds 13 ounces and 23 inches
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BFP #3 February 6, 2011
First U/S February 25, 2011 = TWINS!!!
Boy/girl twins born October 4, 2011
Awwwww way to make a crazycrustacean cry. We'll always be here for you. In the good times & the bad.
I remember being so happy you had gotten your dog & your cat safe & sound with you. And the newspaper picture.
We're so happy you made it so far and have overcome so much. We're still always rooting for you.
::sniffles:: I've spent the past year amazed and heartened by your strength. Big hugs to you, Dan and Kellen as you pass through this difficult anniversary.
(read it. you know you want to.)
anderson . september 2008
vivian . february 2010
mabel . august 2012