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.
For the past few years now I’ve been mixings things up to put on Nicky’s wounds and I do believe I have a good mixture of ingredients now that has helped his wounds in ways no other single item has before. It all got started a couple of years ago...
When I was a teenager in the late 70s and early 80s, the hardest thing for me to deal with was being constantly compared to others. As a young woman, I was far from being popular, athletic or confident, and people around me made sure to let me know about...
August 2011. This picture always makes me smile! We were at Universal Studios and it was majorly HOT. Nicky is always hot anyways and has a fan on him at all times because he’s covered in thick bandages. We sat in the Tour area and there were a ton of...
I don’t talk much about Nicky’s big brother Alex in this blog. Alex is my first baby that was stillborn at full term in March 1995. I may not talk about him, but he’s always on my mind. His loss is something I will carry with me forever. His absence...
June 2010 – Nicky and his little brother Connor at Camp. Nicky was having one of those “corneal abrasions” we totally despise. As I write this he’s having another one. That’s when he somehow scratches his eye and it’s extremely painful and it takes a few days to heal. When...
Yesterday I took the opportunity of going to the mall for Christmas shopping. I save money every month just so my boys can have a nice Christmas morning, so I was excited. I hadn’t been in the mall in a very long time and the whole place just depressed me. I...
I am in a giddy mood today (hence the cartoon). Nicky turns 19 today. Wow. Happy Birthday Darling! Ever since he was born we celebrated his birthday on Thanksgiving day because it’s so much more fun when we bring out the cake and the gifts while everyone is actually here....
I don’t often talk about Connor in my blogs, but I will today, among other things I just need to get off my chest in the nicest way possible. 😛 I truly feel that the unsung heroes in the special need family are the siblings. Because Connor was born after...
June 2009 Nicky with one of the Ducks one of the moms makes for all the campers. Nicky has many ducks at this point, since he’s been going to Camp Wonder since 2003. To read more about the story behind the Ducks, please go read Amy’s story HERE! He graduated...
My little sister was a big surprise in our family. One could say she is and always will be our greatest blessing, one that, however, my parents were not planning on. This meant that from the time she was born our vacations had to be… ahem. Cheaper. So, every year between 1973...
August 2008 – Nicky at the beach. It was not exactly a fun day for him. After a while we had to make sure he was under a big umbrella with a wet towel around his neck. At one point he inched closer and closer to the water, so that...
Doing genealogy as a hobby has taught me the fact that not many generations ago, people didn’t move, and if they did move, it wasn’t very far away-maybe a day’s walking distance. Generation after generation, my dad’s family lived in the same little village in Italy for centuries. CENTURIES! My...
When you can make a Doctor say “Huh?” You have enough paperwork to wallpaper your house. You own more scissors that is either reasonable or anticipated. When you know more than the real doctors do about your child. When you think it’s a good day if you don’t see any...
