SweetSimpleJoys

  Lovelier of lovely things are they On this earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower. – William C. Bryant   This might be the last time that I will write about our little angel Liam. It’s not that I have stopped mourning for [...]

When people ask why I didn’t take a picture of Liam, I tell them that I don’t want to be reminded of how he struggled for his life at the NICU and what he looked like with all the machines connected to him. And I certainly don’t want to take a picture of him after [...]

Today, our angel Liam would’ve been a month old already and I can’t help but think about all the “would’ve been’s” that we would’ve been doing or would’ve done if he was with us. Maybe, if he was with us, I would be too busy taking care of him and wouldn’t have the time to [...]

During my entire pregnancy, I endured a number of pains. Physical pain, mental anguish, emotional stress – I experienced them all in various forms and levels. But if given a chance, I’ll gladly go through it again, even bear twice as much pain — if I only can ensure that at the end of my pregnancy, I [...]

It was D’s birthday when we found out that we were going to have a baby boy. D, naturally, became a beaming expectant father. During the whole ordeal at the hospital where I gave birth, D was constantly on his feet, answering to every errand the doctors and other hospital staff asked him to do. I [...]