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1254 days....
November 11, 2015 was the day that my sweet Lezlie was called home. Not to my home, to her heavenly home. She was a few months shy of...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 22, 20192 min read


Tomorrow...
Tomorrow will be Mallory's 20th birthday. Which is just as important now even though it is a heavenly birthday as if it was an earthly...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 21, 20192 min read


Is there a handbook...
There answer is no. People don't get how to handle us. They don't get anything about us. But, if you survive as many days as I have,...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 20, 20192 min read


We are all just a little mad...
It is true. We are all just a little mad. Me, I am sometimes really mad. I could me angry mad or crazy mad, depends on when it...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 19, 20192 min read


Holidays......
As I wrote yesterday, I figured I would continue this...Holidays, they are not the greatest time of year the bereaved parent. It is hard...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 18, 20192 min read


Easter
Sometimes when I cannot figure out whats got me in a funk, I realize there is a holiday coming up. Easter. There pretty much wasn't a...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 17, 20192 min read


Tired..
Life can make you tired. Even if you have a few days off, you can still just be tired. I realized today, I am tired. But not sleepy...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 16, 20192 min read


Another year...
I know technically it isn't the anniversary date but, I write what I feel I need to. When you get close to that anniversary mark whether...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 15, 20192 min read


Let me tell you about my....
SolBest friend. You know at times there are just the simplest of things that get to me. Songs, tv shows, commercials, food, candy,...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 14, 20192 min read


Grateful, thankful, blessed...
You know how the month of November half the world tries to post so many days of being thanks. I guess because thanksgiving is...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 13, 20192 min read


Feelings....
There are many things we can feel in this life. Joy, anger, hate, love, sadness, fear, regret, guilt. Right now I feel like throwing my...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 12, 20192 min read


A bad day....
Regardless if it has been one day or 2000, you can still have bad days. Life can be too much. So instead of fighting through it,...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 11, 20192 min read


Grieving Alone....
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you cry ALONE. During grieving, we tend to isolate ourselves. Its not something we...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 10, 20192 min read


Don't judge me....
Unless you have walked in my shoes, you don't get the right to judge how I get through this thing called life. You cannot tell me how to...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 9, 20192 min read


What do you say...
You know when people reach out to you to talk to someone else about what to expect after the death of their child, I never do the typical...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 8, 20192 min read


Keeping your faith...
Sometimes I get asked how do you keep your faith in God after losing your child? Well, I didn't actually keep it this whole time, I...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 7, 20193 min read


I won't ever recover...
Something that most never realize is this, we won't ever recover from grief. That means you and I - all of us in this club. We will...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 6, 20192 min read


Who am I?
Who am I? I am still a person just like you are. I have a life like yours but not really. I am still a mother. Like you but not...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 5, 20193 min read


Moving on...
That is something that people will say you need to do but, they also aren't walking in your shoes. Its something people say is scary. ...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 4, 20192 min read


This crappy club....
Grief can make you feel like you are losing your mind, I feel like my brain has been hacked or hijacked at times. I will never ever know...
Carrie Whitehead
Apr 3, 20192 min read
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The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace, they find rest as they lie in death.
Isaiah 57:1-2
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