Shannon pointed me here, and I can't stop crying, and reading it, and crying.
I do not know how a parent ever recovers from a losing a child. And I'm sorry there are people out there who don't get it. A parent is a parent, no matter if the child is alive or not.
I work in an environment that deals a lot with foster parents and adoptive parents, and they are parents too. As is the biological parent. Step-moms can be moms, Dads can be moms, Aunts can be moms, Grandmas can be moms. For me, mom is not a biological relationship or that you have to physically be mothering to be a mom. It's about love.
For Shannon, and all the moms out there who lost their child, please know that there are people who try to understand, even if we really can't. And we are sorry. And we cry for you and Jackson even though we have never met you. And we hug our babies that too much tighter because we know you can't.
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This is really weird. I came to your site today to tag you for a meme – the exact meme that Bonnie posted about. Her post was beautiful – kind of makes my joking “mom” post look like crud.
This is really weird. I came to your site today to tag you for a meme – the exact meme that Bonnie posted about. Her post was beautiful – kind of makes my joking “mom” post look like crud.
This is really weird. I came to your site today to tag you for a meme – the exact meme that Bonnie posted about. Her post was beautiful – kind of makes my joking “mom” post look like crud.
This is really weird. I came to your site today to tag you for a meme – the exact meme that Bonnie posted about. Her post was beautiful – kind of makes my joking “mom” post look like crud.
thanks so much for linking to my post, Jodi. and thanks, Julie…for the compliment.
but i laughed and giggled at all the fun posts on the meme, too…there needs to be a balance of joy and sorrow and sarcasm in everything.
thanks so much for linking to my post, Jodi. and thanks, Julie…for the compliment.
but i laughed and giggled at all the fun posts on the meme, too…there needs to be a balance of joy and sorrow and sarcasm in everything.
thanks so much for linking to my post, Jodi. and thanks, Julie…for the compliment.
but i laughed and giggled at all the fun posts on the meme, too…there needs to be a balance of joy and sorrow and sarcasm in everything.
thanks so much for linking to my post, Jodi. and thanks, Julie…for the compliment.
but i laughed and giggled at all the fun posts on the meme, too…there needs to be a balance of joy and sorrow and sarcasm in everything.
I came over here from So the fish said…loved your site.
I actually read Bon’s Real Mom’s post and cried too! It was touching.
I came over here from So the fish said…loved your site.
I actually read Bon’s Real Mom’s post and cried too! It was touching.
I came over here from So the fish said…loved your site.
I actually read Bon’s Real Mom’s post and cried too! It was touching.
I came over here from So the fish said…loved your site.
I actually read Bon’s Real Mom’s post and cried too! It was touching.