One night two weeks ago Danith asked if I was happy. We were sitting in a corner of our bedroom, with Nora sleeping in her bassinet several feet away. To keep the room dark for her, as recommended by the articles I had read, we left on only a light from the adjoining bathroom. Through the easeContinue reading “A Happy Moment”
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Regardless of Age or Stage
On Sunday morning Danith visited Daffy and Kiri at the river without me. I hadn’t known about the trip until he texted me with pictures. Danith and I experienced our first loss about eight years ago. We had gone in for several ultrasounds when the prognosis was not promising. The night before the final ultrasound,Continue reading “Regardless of Age or Stage”
Finding Our Way
Danith and I have known each other for over thirty years, but we are in possession of only one photograph of us together in our much younger years. In it, I am still in high school. We are fishing from a pier at night, sitting on a concrete wall, either of us grasping a rod,Continue reading “Finding Our Way”
At The River
After I delivered Daffy on Thursday evening, our doctors and nurses repeated that we could stay in our room for as long as we wanted and that we could see Daffy as often as we wanted. Our room was spacious with a comfortable couch for Danith to sleep on, but the next morning, he wasContinue reading “At The River”
Summer of Growth
Growing up, I yearned for what a small house with a green lawn and a white picket fence represented. I yearned for parents who cherished each other, and who cherished me. I yearned for what I had read about in books and what I had seen on TV and what I had overheard from classmates: laughter atContinue reading “Summer of Growth”
Fireflies and Daffodils 