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Mother in Chief: Grief and the first Christmas
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Thursday, December 25, 2014. Grief and the first Christmas. Outside there are lights glowing. They are hung around windows and along fences. They are inside too. Twinkling greens and reds and whites probably hug a tree in your living room. At the same time, there is darkness. You can’t see it from your comfy couch, from the seat next to the fireplace near the twinkling lights. This darkness is inside. My house. It festers inside of me. How do I make his failed heart operation. And then there were three.
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Heart to Heart: September 2010
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Our family's story of living with a CHD and choosing to live life to the fullest. Wednesday, September 22, 2010. Today is our 9th wedding anniversary! That seems like a big number to me, but it also doesn't seem like we've been married for very long at all. I guess that is a good thing? I love my husband and I thank God for choosing me to be his wife. How did I get so lucky? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Drew is a happy 7-year-old who loves his family, his friends, and everything Star Wars! In the dark tim...
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Mother in Chief: Grief and forgetting
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Wednesday, December 03, 2014. On Thanksgiving I was in. A tiny camper van. With my husband and our dog. The interior was blue and white with a little kitchen and a mini shower stall. There was nothing to distinguish that specific Thursday from any other day that week. We picked up our. I don’t know that woman anymore. Unimaginable joy before death. Forgetting him and my intense sorrow for those days felt like betrayal. How did I allow myself to laugh? How did I allow myself to stop crying? The remaining ...
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Echobaby: 2/15/15 - 2/22/15
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Sunday, February 15, 2015. Tonight, my mother complained that I don't write enough blog posts. "What's happening with the kids? I keep checking the blog but you don't update? Its true. Honestly, I feel like a freshman in a creative writing class sitting at the keyboard and not sure what to write about. Here is Frost at SAM Asian Art Museum (left). But tonight Where is Frost? What am I going to do with my silence? This Monday is a holiday thanks to America's Presidents. We hope to go on a hike if its ...
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Echobaby: 12/28/14 - 1/4/15
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Friday, January 2, 2015. Thanksgiving is a month past but I left this post in DRAFT mode. Here it is to catch up family who asked what we did on this holiday. 1) I baked a pie. 2) I baked another pie. 3) Frost made cranberry sauce and was splattered in the face with burning sugar-berries during the filming of this shot. 4) The leaves turned golden overnight. 5) I baked a vegan Quorn roast with cranberry stuffing. 6) Frost printed out our Dinner Menu. 7) I set the table in the living room. 8) We ate dinner.
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Echobaby: 12/14/14 - 12/21/14
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Sunday, December 14, 2014. Wren did not want a birthday party this year so we had a brunch for friends and family and went out to sushi for dinner. Wren had a great time. What do you think? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Wren was born in December 2006 with a number of left-heart obstructions called Shone's syndrome, Shone's complex or Shone's Anomaly. Wren had: coarctation of the aorta, hypoplastic aortic arch, aortic stenosis, LVOT ridge and small and slightly prolapsed mitral valve. In November 2008, he h...
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Mother in Chief: Grief and light
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Sunday, January 04, 2015. As I sat on the sofa in my friend’s mountain house, a ball of light burst onto the painting of trees opposite me. The condensed glow was the tired afternoon sun splashing its last rays before drowning, and I was entranced because in it, I saw you, sweet boy. As the light glided across the picture, my husband sat and watched it with me for several minutes. He. Yet finding you all around is what people want me to do. “We do these things to remember him and to nurture thi...With ex...
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louisgray.com: Adult Problems Stink. I Blame Drew's Cancer. #BlameDrewsCancer
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January 12, 2015. Adult Problems Stink. I Blame Drew's Cancer. #BlameDrewsCancer. I quickly glossed over it during my first post of the year. When I said "Adult problems can be a real pain," but I'd be skirting around some big issues if I didn't go deeper on some very real drama that in years past would see me aggressively pounding the drum to draw attention to their pain. Hoping to rally others to their cause. Nearly five years ago, Drew Olanoff. And others, launched the #BlameDrewsCancer. Matthew and B...
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