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Heaven is for Real Movie
Nhatz and I watched the Heaven is for Real movie today. Excited, as we had read the book three years ago and liked it. It stirred up lots of emotions. Too many things I could relate to - Being in a...
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An Innocent Question
The implications of death can be hard to put our minds around, so imagine all the things that could cross the mind of an innocent child. The questions don’t have to be deeply profound. They can be as...
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Princes Familiar
And this is what yanked hard on my hypoplastic heartstrings as I was listening to Alanis in the car today - Princes Familiar — Papa love your princess So that she will find loving princes familiar Papa...
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Happy World Breastfeeding Week!!!
So glad Nhatz was able to capture this moment… I was protesting at the time he took this… I didn’t know it would be the last day I would be able to breastfeed Sofia. This photo also appeared when the...
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4 on 4/4!
Happy 4th birthday, dear angel! We had spaghetti on your birthday. The noodles don’t stand for long life, for you had a short one on Earth. But you have eternal life now. That’s longer! Miss you...
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Mourning for Option A
I read beautiful words from Sheryl Sandberg today as she marked the end of the 30-day grieving period of sheloshim for her husband, Dave. I will forever mourn the loss of my Option A – a llfe blessed...
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MyChampionHero
So proud of Sofia’s Dr. Jonas del Rosario for being the featured hero in the winning MyChampionHero entry. The winning essay was entered by the aunt of another baby, Evan, who was also born with CHD....
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Heartbreaking Angels
In the days leading up to Sofia’s 5th birthday, Nhatz and I were saddened and touched by other stories of children who braved serious illness. They who went through the journey with lots of love, both...
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A Significant Event for Tyler
Tyler depicted “When my sister died” for his schoolwork on significant events. He told me while showing me this, “Nothing really changed in my life, we just became 4.” They were discussing how...
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A Lingering Presence
Happy 8th, my dear! Kuya Y is away for a school activity but he sent messages as we went to visit you without him. Nurse Pam sent birthday greetings too. I’m re-reading my old posts to reconnect with...
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