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.
What I am watching The fact that I was going to watch The Spanish Princess on STARZ was a given! This is basically the “sequel” to “The White Queen” (about the life of Elizabeth Woodwille, wife of Edward IV) and “The White Princess” (about the life of Elizabeth of York,...
I will try to update this blog on Nicky every now and again, and I felt it was important to start now because, even though he’s finally improving greatly from his 6 months ordeal, there are things that have deteriorated from him spending a significant amount of time not being...
October 1999 – Nicky’s first official visit to the Pumpkin Patch! He was almost 3 years old. More of Nicky’s life in the book –> http://www.butterflychildamothersjourney.com/
Something happened when I tried to share my latest post from this website on Facebook on July 10th… Hmmm… really? People on Facebook have reported this website as abusive? When I further tried to copy and paste a link to my blog on Facebook I got this message: I requested...
I want to share our journey with all of you because it’s been a long road. If we can help at least one person going through something like this, then it is worth it to me to be open about our feelings and struggles. I can’t believe it took 6...
What I am watching Three years ago, as season 6 was about to start, I got tired of hearing about Game Of Thrones everywhere, so I decided to binge on seasons 1-5. I first started watching 1 per day, then eventually were 2, 3, by the time I finished binging...
This year, so far, has been horrible. I try to do fun things and distract myself as much as I can, but the undeniable truth is there, always there. Nicky is in pain. Always. At this point we’re waiting for a sleuth of appointments with various specialists (GI, Dermatologist, hydrotherapy...
July 1999 – It may be hard to see or even comprehend for most, but this is Nicky, 2.5 years old, using a needle to pop his own blood blister on his wrist. I am still on the fence about giving my healthy son a knife to cut his meat,...
Ever since Nicky has started having trouble with the g-tube we had to change our whole routine. While some are small things, the biggest change has been how much weaker he’s become, so, instead of him coming to the couch to change bandages, I go to him. He spends his...
What does having a “rare” member of the family means for our whole family? Rare means being scared. Nicky is 22 years old and I still check if he’s still breathing each and every morning. That magnitude of worry is overwhelming at times. I live his condition even though I...
What I am watching Let’s face it. There aren’t many historical shows that take place in my beloved Italy, so when I heard about the “MEDICI” on Netflix, I was all over it. Season 1 had the further intrigue of starring Dustin Hoffman and Richard Madden. Season 2 jumps a...
Late last year Nicky started having issues with his G-tube. This is the same g-tube that he has had since March 2000, and we’ve had minor issues since then, but lately it was hurting, more and more, and nothing was helping. After trips to his Doctor and the ER, tube...
