Below is part two of Aileen Ramones’ guest blog about her son, Aaden. If you missed part one of this guest blog series, you can read the post here. Just Keep Swimming – Aileen Ramones As the new school year is upon us, I wanted to share a letter I wrote Andy, my oldest son […]
The Day that Forever Changed Me – Aileen Ramones It’s hard to believe that it was 5 years ago on August 10th, and I remember it like it was yesterday. I had brought Aaden into see a doctor about his reoccurring fever and these red dots…looked a lot little pin pricks on his skin. It […]
Two days in the books of school for my “not supposed to be the oldest”.. It still doesn’t seem real. Like a fog that he is in kindergarten. Because Jennifer is in kindergarten .. so he can’t possibly be. .. Because if he is.. well then where is she? I know. I know the answer […]
Nesting combined with child loss seems to equal a lot of tears. .. Its seems my urge to clean and prepare the whole house for a new baby means having to take on memories head on. Today it was her food. Jennifer had celiacs disease.. I wasted so much time worrying about how that would […]
18 months. I simply can’t believe it. officially a year and half since I have touched you.. since i have felt your warm breath in my face. 18 months since i have seen a new goofy pose for the camera.. I am still in shock over how badly it hurts. Over how much I notice the […]
Early on when I started this blog I had a lot of people wanting to know about the story of Jennifer coming to make us a family. I never really answered because it was the most insignificant part of our story.. I missed out on an additional 9 months with my Jennifer. I have always […]
This family is just in the beginning stages of beating cancer. Yet its a time not like one would picture. There is a saying cancer moms know. Scan-xiety. The intense anxiety about your child’s upcoming scans.. Not because of a fear of the unknown.. not a fear of the “what if’s”. But a fear of […]
I try to prepare.. especially for things I think will be hard for the kids. Not sure why.. I am pretty much always wrong. Jonathan had a kinder prep day today. I was worried about how hard it would be for him.. and me.. But he was nervous in the more typical jittery way. Being […]
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