Posts in Motherhood/Parenting
Ava Brielle: A Letter to My Unborn Daughter

My Sweet Ava Brielle God gave me you for a reason, just like he gave me your brother when I was at my lowest to find a purpose. He gave me you to teach me how to love myself again, so that I can teach you to love yourself for who you are. To know that you are worthy, you are beautiful, and to never let anyone define you because you can be whatever it is you want to be.

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Heart Mom

Being a Heart mom is by far one of the hardest yet most rewarding things I ever had to take on. It comes with lots of challenges, restless nights, long hospital stays, countless doctors appointments and never ending worry. Somedays I just sit and think about all the what if’s, what if his heart just stops, what if I put him to sleep one day and he never wakes up, or what if he’s doing so good right now and tomorrow it just all goes down hill, what if his next surgery isn’t his last and the list goes on and on.

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To My Son on His First Birthday

A year has come and gone faster than I could have ever imagined. It feels like just yesterday you were this tiny little baby who depended on me for everything. Who wanted no one but Mama. I miss the days before you were born where I would just sit in the bathtub, rub my tummy, and tell you to be strong and never stop fighting (Little did I know in your own way you were telling me the same). It was just you and me. I will always cherish those moments.

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