Molly

I am not sure how I didn’t know about or come across this website before today. I have been aware of Carly Marie’s breathtaking Names in the Sand ministry, in honor and memory of her son Christian, since soon after she began it 2008. It meant the world to me when Carly wrote our daughter Molly’s name in the […]

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Today the kids and I did something that I have been wanting to do for awhile, but had not found the time to fit into our busy schedule over the past six months, especially in light of our recent move. This morning after I taught my “Yoga Sculpt” class at the neighborhood church where I […]

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Breathing (A Poem)

by Kathy on August 23, 2011 · 18 comments

in Grief, Healing, Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, Poetry, Time

Inhale I see your picture in the frame on the bookcase. Exhale It reminds me you were here, you were real. Inhale I can’t believe how long it’s been since I carried you. Exhale My heart aches when I think about all we have been through together. Inhale I often feel your presence around me. […]

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Benchmarks

by Kathy on August 4, 2011 · 2 comments

in Background, Change, Milestones, Molly, Our Home, Sean, Time

Today I am getting my hair trimmed and highlighted. The last time I did that was Tuesday, May 31, the day before the buyers of our old house walked through our (now their) front door for the first time. That was nine weeks ago. It’s amazing how much can change in that period of time, […]

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Our Box of Memories

by Kathy on July 12, 2011 · 4 comments

in Loss, Love, Memories, Molly, Our Home, Quotes, Time

For years they have been on a shelf in Sean and Abby’s bedroom closet. Today I managed to fit most of our mementos related to our baby girl Molly into this box. I find that very bittersweet, that a life could be so short that you can fit all those special things into just one […]

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Sometime over the past few weeks I became aware of an awesome project that Angie from Still Life with Circles had started on her blog. She began by writing a very thoughtful and moving post about where she is at in her grief and her life right now, two years, five months and counting since […]

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