Letters To My Dead Mother
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My eyes drink in the last sentence as I close Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman. I click the nightlight off to make the room dark so my darling husband can keep sleeping. I stare at the ceiling that is illuminated by the clock radio at the foot of the bed. My heart is racing with…
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Where has the time gone? I began this blog after a few months taking an online class with The Momoir Project back on January 4th,2010. I used pieces that I worked on in class and I was off. I was impressed with myself that I could even start an essay. I was shy to start…
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This is the last picture that I remember of me and my mom before she got sick again. Miss you.. August 15,1984 she died when she was 38. Xoxo
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September 7th, 2008 Mommy, The last year had been such a challenge. We have been through a lot with this baby. We have worried about her health (yes we are mostly sure it’s another girl). We have had to go through so many tests and waiting for results. The latest is that the size of…
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February 25th, 2008 Mommy, Holy moly! Someone has some sick sense of humor. After being a week late with my period, I made an appointment with my doctor. I have been late before, many times. I was not too worried. I thought it would be the endometriosis again. Alex teased me and said I should…
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November 10, 2006 Mom, I had to cut off last night’s writings. Trinity did wake up after an hour’s nap. She took another forty minutes to go back to sleep. Just as I was getting her drowsy again Alex came home. He was not upset. Phew. After I put her down I went downstairs. Alex…
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November 9, 2006 Mother, There is one benefit to her being up almost all day crying and fussing; she slept seven hours. At 3:20am I had to get up and pee. Then I realized that she had not woke up yet. I then laid there is bed ready to run in there to make sure…
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November 8th, 2006 Mommy, I thought I was going to lose my mind this morning. As I was trying to make her formula she started in on a crying fit. The pitch that would make a stranger think we were torturing her. Then she just collapsed in my arms asleep. My ears are ringing still.…
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October 31, 2006 Mom, Progress report: Her first Halloween. She is going thru another growth spurt. She cat napped yesterday minutes at a time, ate and cried the whole day. I hate Mondays. My lack of sleep the night before waned my sanity by three pm. Then the boys started their cries. Can you hear…
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October 28th, 2006 Mom, I gave it my best shot. I did well. Yesterday all three ladies went out for shopping and lunch. Marge (Alex’s mom) spoiled me. Trinity was great. Marge did try to baby-sit many times. I wonder if she was trying to bribe me especially when she offered to send me to…
Danielle Christopher 