Episode 35: Anna’s Mom

Recently, I feel like my grief journey has been harder rather than easier. It is difficult to know why that is the case. Is it because it has now been almost two years since Andy died? Others have warned me of that difficult milestone. Is it due to that fact that...

Episode 33: Aria’s Mom

Upon opening Aria’s mom’s website, meganhillukka.com, the very first words read, ‘One day, I was the mother of 3 children, then in one moment I wasn’t.’ Aria was 15 months old when her mother, Megan, walked into her bedroom one morning to...

Episode 32: Leart’s Mom

On today’s episode, I have the privilege to talk with Rezarta, Leart’s mom. Leart died just this past November on the 21st from complications following a kidney transplant. He was born with Schimke Immune-Osseous Dysplasia which is a type of dwarfism that...

Andy’s Birthday

  Today Andy should be turning 16 instead of being forever 14. I sit here writing with tears running down my face thinking about what should be happening today if I had only done just one tiny thing differently on August 15, 2018. If only we had decided not to go...

Episode 31: Ryan’s Mom and Dad

Ryan was almost 7 years old and on a typical father/son bike ride with his dad, Andy, when he was hit by a truck and killed while crossing the street during a green walk signal. Andy, a firefighter, desperately tried to save his son as his coworkers raced to the...