I’m a Finalist! Please Vote!

I could hardly believe it when they announced it yesterday!  But, there I was…listed among the finalists for the Blog to Inspire Contest.  I had actually kind of figured I was out of the running since I wasn’t mentioned in the summary of entries post from the day before.  But, I was wrong…oh, how glad I am that I was wrong!

You see, I poured my heart out in a post that has been nearly 2 years in the making.  Shortly after Emily’s death a friend of mine encouraged me to write about the breastfeeding relationship we shared.  I started and restarted that post a million times over.  It never flowed right.  It never said precisely what I wanted…what I longed to say.  I wasn’t sure it would ever get written.

Then one day on Twitter I saw something about a writing contest asking for inspiring entries on things like cloth diapering and baby wearing.  I immediately thought of my post on Wearing Emily, sparked by my irritation over an Advil ad.  However, when I went to rework that post, I just couldn’t change it.  I knew I had to leave it like it was and write something new.  Write the one thing I’d been trying to write on for months…Breastfeeding: The Memory of Emily.

I’ll be honest, friends, I cry through my grief posts.  To date, there are 66 of them and I have cried writing every. single. one.  There are a lot of tears flowing through this blog.  I remember a time when I wondered if this blog would ever begin to heal.  I wondered if I would ever write something that wasn’t etched in grief.

Almost imperceptibly, my writings here began to reach beyond the grief.  I found passions again…I found joy again…and this blog became what it is today. Yes, much of what I write still carries the weight of a grieving heart, but how can it not.  Losing a child has become part of who of I am.  That will never change.

So, my precious readers, those who have journeyed with me from the beginning and those who have just arrived here, I would be most grateful if you would consider voting for me and the words you read here on my blog.  Voting opens at 11am EST on December 4th and closes at 12pm EST on December 11th.  You can visit this link to cast your vote:

And please consider telling your friends and family about this blog and this contest.  Thank you so very much!

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