I am writing a piece over at Still Standing today and would love for you to hop on over and read it.
It is entitled “The Girl Who Lived”
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I have written an article for Still Standing Magazine today about how art and writing have helped me after my loss.
I invite you to read more here.
I am writing a piece about ‘Learning to Trust’ today over at Still Standing Magazine.
I swear my children deal with grief better than I ever could most days. If you have known grief or loss and have children, I invite you to read about how our family deals with every day situations after the loss of our daughter Amelia.
I am writing over at Still Standing today. . .
Ever feel like you are really reaching for something to write about? Lately that is how I am feeling. I am not sure if it is the end of the school year and life taking on a new flow or if it is just a season right now.
If you are a faithful reader, I apologize for not having something riveting to always say. But I am painting more and that is really where my focus is.
Something that I have been doing more of when I feel like this, is to go back and revisit some of my older posts.
I found something that I wanted to share. It is a poem that I wrote for Amelia’s memorial service and it is titled “What Will You Have in Store for Me.”
It is being published on Still Standing Poetry Sunday today and I would love to get your feed back about it. Just click over the image below to read it. I added some artwork that I think identifies with this poem.
I am literally in between coming and going. I was just whisked away for a surprise few days at a spa for my birthday (hubby is awesome) and am now back and have a few hours to re-pack for our first trip to NH. We are going to a family camp and apparently, there is more to pack than I realized. But before I am off line for the next week, I wanted to share a few things with you.
First, you can enter to win a $50 store credit to the shop! Oh yeah, there is still time. This giveaway at The Pregnancy Companion ends on 6/24/12 so hurry up and click on the image to enter!
Second, I wanted to share an article I wrote about children and grief. I speak from a place of professional and personal experience. I hope that if you know of anyone who has had a loss, you may direct them to Still Standing Magazine. Fran is really changing the face of loss with hope. I know that I am so honored to be a part of it. To read more just click on the image below. I share some really great books for children and a new resource I found.
Third, I have some new art that I want to share, as well as a collaboration project I am doing with Tina over at Mama Mia jewelry. So, if within a week I haven’t shared . . . call me out and I will get myself together and post some photos and share the new pretties!
Fourth, the Donate Art project is still going strong AND I have added the “Gone Too Soon” as a card for early losses. You can see more about that HERE.
Fifth and finally, I would LURVE to hear from you any feedback on what you think of the new navigation bar. Is it easy enough to find things? Or ~ what would like to see more of in the shop. Ya know. . . if life gives you a second to respond.
My first official contributors article for Still Standing is being shared today. I will be talking about parenting and grief, art and healing, how grief affects marriage as well as other things. I hope that you will come and read more. Here is a sneak peek at what I wrote about . . .for more, just click on the image below.
There are some days that a parent will always remember. . .
Still Standing launch is less than a week away and to celebrate and promote this amazing new resource, Fran over at Small Bird Studios is hosting a LAUNCH PAR-TAY!
I am so excited, that I am giving away a keepsake choker of the winners choice! Here is a peek at the newest version of my necklaces lovingly created with hand painted touches. You can click on a photo below to see these close up and in detail.
Click for details and to join in the fun!
Something big is coming on May 5, 2012! Something really incredible!
Still Standing Magazine is a wonderful project begun by Fran (Small Bird Studios) and a huge collaborative effort with many of the most inspiring women I know ~ moms who understand loss because they live it. We have each our unique story, and Still Standing is going to be a wonderful place of hope, healing, and learning where we all share how we embrace life after loss. And I get to be a part of it {happy dance}!
I believe Still Standing will take its place within the world and provide a sense of hope and community to its readers. There are so many people just looking for a way through the hardest days. I remember the beginning all too well. The days of darkness while having the responsibility of being mommy still. Just surviving each day was a struggle. I was constantly searching for people online who understood what I was feeling because the world I lived in felt wrong. Family and friends had unrealistic expectation of our grief journey. I often felt as if people wanted desperately for me to ‘get over’ it already and be the old me again.
Overcoming and getting over are worlds apart in my mind. The death of a child is not something you ‘get over’, but grief is something that you can overcome. I strive to overcome grief in order to survive and live this life I have. I strive to overcome grief because I deserve to smile and be happy. Honestly, it has taken two years to just get to the threshold of this place where I can embrace joy again. It is a scar that marks me and still has the power to level me in a random moment. I am not required to get over Amelia. And that is an important distinction that most people in our society don’t understand. Still Standing will help not only illustrate the distinction, but do amazing things to education the periphery community that hasn’t experienced a loss, but is involved in the life of a family who has.
I can’t tell you how giddy I was when Fran called me and asked me to be a contributing writer. It is a dream come true.
I will be writing about parenting before, during and after loss, children and grief, faith, and healing through creativity. The truth is that I stumble and make mistakes along the way, but I never allow myself to forget for one minute that not only am I grieving a daughter, but my children grieve the loss of a sister.
So, come and join the newsletter and facebook page and read more about the other incredible mama’s that are part of Still Standing.
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