Writings for Sylvia
Writings for Sylvia
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With hopeful and full hearts, we are excited to share that another little mister is joining our family early summer! We can’t wait to see who this new little boy will be. Happy Saturday friends! Xo 🕊💜🦁
Little hello from our best gal today 🕊💜🦁 #motherhoodunplugged #livethelittlethings #letthembelittle #flashesofdelight #theartofslowliving #lifeafterloss #parentingafterloss
He also decided to bring a hanger and a spatula to the park and really who am I to argue with those choices 🕊💜🦁 #motherhoodunplugged #livethelittlethings #letthembelittle #flashesofdelight #theartofslowliving #candidchildhood
Happy monthiversary my little dove, you are so, so loved. 🕊💜🦁
Gosh I feel lucky to be your mama, big guy. 🕊💜🦁 . . . . . . #livethelittlethings #flashesofdelight #theartofslowliving #motherhoodunplugged #candidchildhood #thehappycapture #dearestviewfinder #momtogs #letthembelittle #thehappynow #lifeafterloss #mamagrief #parentingafterloss
Pretty soggy, cold day off but I’m not even mad bc it started with coffee to go at a playground while snow flurries started, then cruised through some thrift shops and now gonna go get sushi with my baby who isn’t even a baby anymore. So that’s a pretty darn good Tuesday in my book. PS Leo’s hair is starting to get curly, you guys. 🕊💜🦁 #theartofslowliving #livethelittlethings #mymotherhood #motherhoodunplugged
Carlos sent me this while I was at work and I just can’t even believe we made him 🕊💜🦁 #candidchildhood #letthembelittle #livethelittlethings #flashesofdelight #theartofslowliving #mynameismama #babiesdontkeep
Today the woman doing my nails asked me how many children I have. “Two,” I responded, with a smile and without skipping a beat. “How old? Girl? Boy?” “Almost two and a half, girl, and 15 months, boy.” “You bring the girl in soon for her nails?” I smiled and nodded. The necessary, small talk was finished. I’ve done this maybe once or twice before, stated I had a living daughter when I don’t. Only do I do it in a conversation like this, that the question was asked less about curiosity and more about close quartered, surface level conversation. My heart sits okay with this response in this situation but for a long time, I didn’t expose myself to anything that would have even offered the opportunity for the question to be asked. You would be amazed at what a learned skill that is. I get asked a heartbreaking amount for advice or words to ease the pain of a mother who recently lost their child. I try to offer insight on how to simply survive, as I believe at its core that life after loss is pure, gut wrenching, survival mode. Find what sits okay with your heart right now in that moment that feels like it’s swallowing you. Tomorrow it might be something else that keeps you afloat and that’s okay too. Nothing will really help, unfortunately, but try to find thing that just don’t hurt. One day at a time, mama. 🕊💜🦁 #lifeafterloss #mamagrief #infantloss #stillbirth #pailawareness #theartofslowliving #mynameismama