Archive for June, 2009

Coping

Monday, June 15th, 2009

It was all like a dream.  So suddenly it came.  And just as quickly, gone.
My insides were heaving, I went down on all fours. Several times.  Throughout the night.  My three year-old said, “Mom, are you hurt?”  My God, he is three.  It made me cry.  Even more.  So much more.
My husband cradled me.  I couldn’t [...]

The Day the Gods Wept

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

She had everything that a fully developed adult has - facial features, a nervous system, a network of muscles, elbows, joints, knees, kidneys, a stomach.  She would have been able to respond to touch, and feel me, even as a fetus.
She looked perfect in her ultrasound.  She would have been prettier than her brothers, as [...]