Category: Nitty Gritty Dirty Grief
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I am Sad about Syria
It’s our favorite Sunday ritual.Hubs and I sleep in. We have breakfast and a pot of coffee and watch ‘Meet the Press’. Sometimes we argue with the TV, the commentators, or each other while we eat our egg sandwiches and prep for the week. Today they talked about Syria. And I cried. My God, those pictures kill…
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I have Banned Myself from Mom Blogs
I used to write for a couple Mom Blogs before we lost Samantha. After we lost Samantha and after I missed a couple blog posting dates, I explained to my favorite editor that I could no longer write for Mommy Blogs. “I don’t have anything to contribute,” I said, “no one wants to come to a Mommy…
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Bye Bye to the Month of July
Adios July…..Hasta la Vista!Au Revoir!Tschuss!Sayonara! July is my emotionally schizophrenic month. Somehow the emotional landmarks of my life all seem to deposit themselves in July. All I can do is hold on, navigate through the bad and absorb the good…absorb it like Vicks Vapor Rub Here is my July calendar: July 1: We gave birth to, and…
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Happy Birthday Sweet Jack
Today our first born, Jack Jorgenson Schichtel would have been eight. Eight! Crazy. But today is not my hardest day.Yesterday was my hardest day. It was yesterday, eight years ago that we learned our baby, that we came into the hospital to give birth to, had no heartbeat but still somehow needed to get out of my belly. Yesterday,…
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My new hat
A couple weeks ago I found myself at the United Mitochondrial Conference. It just so happened to be in Newport Beach, CA so I thought I needed a little beach time. Kinda…. I had reservations about attending this conference. I would learn about new discoveries in Mito research for why? I would sit in sessions…
Samsmom: Life, Joy, Loss and Loving your Mitochondria 