#WheredoIgo

December 9, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

The first couple months of Ari’s passing I was in shock. I didn’t know how to think, how to act, what to do. This lasted for a good 6 months. Even with the distractions of friends and family I still felt very lost. I got to a point where I felt like the world was […]

#BrokenHolidays Part 2: To give thanks

November 24, 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

November. The first real holiday that I encountered without Ari was a holiday celebrating a day of life. November 1st, our mother’s birthday. A day that I have celebrated with my mom for as long as I can remember. A day that had been so joyous had turned into so much sadness. I tried to […]

#Anger

November 11, 2017.Reading time 13 minutes.

As we near Thanksgiving, we enter a time of being thankful for all that we have in our lives. Being thankful is still a hard concept for me when I am reminded every day of my loss. A loss that has made me angry; a loss that has made it hard to find forgiveness. This […]

#BrokenHolidays

October 31, 2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

Part One Holidays aren’t the same when there is a big part of your family missing. What happens when your heart JUST isn’t whole? Broken heart, broken family, broken holidays. Just broken. September When Ari left this earth, her death left my family in pieces. The same weekend that she was killed, our parents were […]