A season of hope
2024 is a year where our lives forever changed. A year where Ryan and I became parents but also experienced the heartache of losing a child. This year felt both long but quick, like it was over in a blink of an eye. As Evangeline’s 1 st heavenly birthday and 1 year death anniversary approach, I find myself reflecting on the year that was and am grateful that in amongst all the heartache there are still plenty of reasons to smile. The months that followed Evangeline’s death felt like life stood still while the world around me carried on. Grief at first is all encompassing, nothing else exists and nothing else matters. I cannot explain what it is like to have your body go through post-partum changes and to heal physically without a baby to make sense of things. Life demands to be lived, and while we don’t move on and forget after a loss, we do move forward. As the months rolled by, we began to find our new normal. The end of April rolled round, and it was time for me to re...