A Mother's Journey
My heartfelt book, Losing Alex, which I wrote after the loss of my first baby, Alex, who was stillborn at full term, is now officially an AudioBook and I couldn't be more proud and humbled by the amazing voice of Marsha Waterbury, for lending her talents for my story.
December 2001 – We spent the holidays in Italy with my family mostly because flying after 9/11 was absurdly cheap, but I was aching to see my mom, who spent the 3 previous months in a hospital following a scary infection that almost took her life. Nicky had a blast...
August 2013 – Nicky right after he woke up from his hand surgery at CHLA with his dad. It always amazed me how strong he is. He wanted this surgery and it ended up to be really good for him in the long run as well. We use a splint...
Halloween 1999 – Nicky was almost 3 years old when I took him to the mall to trick-or treat. I always looked for soft costumes and this one of “Po” of the Teletubbies totally fit the bill! At the time we lived in Arizona. How cute is my little one? More...
August 1998 – When we spent several months in Italy in 1998 so that my parents could help me take care of Nicky, I had the opportunity to have my little guy spend quality time with my Nonna Rina, which is Nicky’s great-grandma (BisNonna). We would go visit her often...
January 2008 – Nicky showing his flexibility! This is one of the few things he can do with his body. He may not be able to walk or move much, so it’s always fun for me to see this fun/crazy side of him. In this picture Nicky was 12 and...
March 2014 – When Nicky was 4 years old I decided that perhaps playing video games would be beneficial to him and something he could do without getting hurt. I bought a used Super Nintendo and we started playing Mario Kart every day. He loved it. I wanted him to...
August 1997 – Nicky and I on our way to our anniversary dinner. ~ Excerpt from the Book “Butterfly Child” “The Physical Therapist became sort of a confidant; after all, I saw her twice a week and I felt she was one of the few people that might have answers...
August 1997 – Nicky here is 8.5 months old and with my help he can stand up. At this point his feet were not too bad so he could put some weight on it. Plus, he was not that heavy! This is key and one of the reasons why nowadays...
July 2013 – Nicky, 16.5 years old, on the deck of our cruise ship as it was approaching Dawes Glacier. Following is an excerpt from the Book “Butterfly Child”. In early 2012 a woman from the Scott Ward-Schofield Memorial Fund contacted me. This Charity was formed to raise awareness for...
December 1998 – Nicky, 2 years old, showing off his straight ‘new’ hand after surgery. Following is an excerpt from the Book “Butterfly Child”. The hand itself, thanks to my hellish efforts did heal up straight, but for a while there I thought it wouldn’t. As wonderful and caring the...
October 1997 – Nicky, 11 months old standing up on the couch. He was so excited! Following is an excerpt from the Book “Butterfly Child”. This happened right around the time this photo was taken: “A few days later, in the evening, Nick and I were watching “Wheel of Fortune”...
June 2001 – Nicky, 4.5 years old @ Stanford just before his dilatation. Following is an excerpt from the Book ‘Butterfly Child’ Chapter 9 “One of the things that turned out to be very frustrating about the move was finding a new Pediatrician. After much research I took Nicky to...
Nicky in Kindergarten, late 2001 – Kindergarten was only “half day” so school started a little after 8am and ended at 11am. The teacher suggested him coming in on Tuesday/Thursday only to get used to it, and if he could handle it, then he could come every day. This was...
March 2009 – Brotherly Love! Nicky (12 years old) is hugging his little brother Connor (5 years old). So cute!!! I love doing digital scrapbooking but I haven’t done it in a very long time… as soon as I am finished digitizing all my old videos I will try to...
