842 days and 842 days
842 days. Today Jude has been gone for as long as he was here. I don’t understand this and I want to crawl back into… Read More »842 days and 842 days
Loss
Shadows
Just a little more than two years ago I would walk Isla to the bus, with not enough hands to hold all the tiny… Read More »Shadows
‘This post is appalling.’
Yesterday I was berated on social media, and we need to have a conversation about it because there should be no cause for disagreement here.… Read More »‘This post is appalling.’
How can I take action?
On Tuesday I sat down and shared Jude with you. Some of you have been with me longer and already knew a lot of what… Read More »How can I take action?
On my boys’ birthday
Originally posted on Facebook, January 16, 2018 Today is Thomas and Jude’s birthday. Thomas is four, and Jude isn’t, and the reality of this is… Read More »On my boys’ birthday
Christmas After a Loss, When You Still Have to Function
My mom loves Christmas. This is hardly unusual, but there’s something a little extra about the way my mom loves it and she’s always… Read More »Christmas After a Loss, When You Still Have to Function
One year ago today
One year ago today we asked you to join us in a conversation that we’d been quietly having in our own home, with doctors, with… Read More »One year ago today
Goalkeepers – A Report Card on World Health
Justin Trudeau is heading to New York tomorrow for two days packed with events. Part of that trip includes a discussion with Melinda Gates at… Read More »Goalkeepers – A Report Card on World Health
We are not powerless.
A year ago today my phone rang and my life changed. I remember the first time Isla skinned a knee. She fell, she was a… Read More »We are not powerless.
The impossible
One year. One year ago today our lives changed forever. Jude woke up with a low grade fever and hours later he was dead.… Read More »The impossible
Leave the world better than you found it
I remember those days in 1990, the early ones following my dad’s very sudden death on May 8th. I remember the way people rallied around… Read More »Leave the world better than you found it
I was going to talk about the science, but this happened.
After a morning of sniffles Thomas woke up from his afternoon nap yesterday with a bit of a runny nose. . ‘Hey bud, you might… Read More »I was going to talk about the science, but this happened.