Over the past 14 months, from the time of Matthew's diagnosis until his death earlier this month, I was told multiple times that I should consider writing more of our journey, either in a blog or book format. Now that Matthew is gone, it doesn't seem "right" to share on caring bridge, so I've decided to start this blog to share this next part of our journey. Like my therapist "Dr. Mood" said, "the story isn't over." And so here it is, the journey after the journey.....
Blogging was a game changer for me. I started off doing it to keep everyone informed (like caring bridge) & found that it provided a whole new level of "therapy". There was a time when I would blog & never look back at the comments that people posted because I blogged purely to get it out of my head & off my heart...and even got to a point where I stopped blogging because I just didn't "need" it any more. I hope you find your happy, peaceful place in the blogging world!
ReplyDeleteThank you Julie! That's exactly what it is- therapy for me. I don't care if anyone reads it, but would LOVE it if it helped someone else....I know you know what I mean =)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that you are doing this!
ReplyDeleteYou are inspiring people that you likely don't realize. Though our journeys are different we still have a need for encouragement, transparency and wisdom. As moms, just day to day 'toughness' requires some fuel---you, Nikki, can be that fuel as you have re-defined tough and maintained humor and clarity in the midst of agony and chaos. YOU ARE AMAZING. Thank you.
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