anxiety – A Mom's Journey Through Grief and Life

Covid-19 and Me

I don’t know about everyone else, but self isolation is nothing new to me. Since the day Noah died, there is nowhere I would rather be, than inside the four walls of my home. You see, it is a safe place. A place where I can feel what I need to feel, react how IContinue reading “Covid-19 and Me”

I Am a Grieving Mom

I can clearly remember how I felt pre Noah dying. I had both my boys living at home, I had a husband that would laugh often, friends reaching out and wanting to spend time with me, family that would laugh and celebrate when together. I would do crazy snapchats with Matthew and we would bellyContinue reading “I Am a Grieving Mom”

Rest Stops and Traffic Jams

As we travel this road of grief, there are rest stops, which are the signs of beauty and love, and then there are traffic jams, which are the anxiety attacks or an overwhelming sadness that completely overtakes you. The worst though, is when you end up with a traffic jam in a rest stop……. MyContinue reading “Rest Stops and Traffic Jams”

Flashbacks

I get flashbacks of that night, or rather the early morning of October 4, 2018. I am sharing that night’s events because it is such a major part of our grief. Grief doesn’t start at the moment the person dies. It is a timeline of all the events and emotions that surround the death. ItContinue reading “Flashbacks”

Marriage

I remember the day I met him. I was finally comfortable being on my own, and then BAM! There he was, this handsome guy with a mullet. We have been together basically since the day we met. Something clicked, something felt right. In just over a year of meeting, we were pregnant and married. AContinue reading “Marriage”