June 2024
Welcome to June, 4 years later.
The truth is that, yes, it is possible to survive after you lose a baby. It is not easy, but some days are easier than others. Some days are also WAY harder than others.
I know I have said something similar before, but I can’t figure out if the last 4 years have gone by fast or slow. Sometimes I feel like it was just a few months ago when we left the hospital with empty arms, a car full of sympathy bouquets, and the leftover snacks that were saving us from hospital food. But sometimes I also feel like it has been 10 years since Josh, and I got to say Hello and Goodbye to our precious 2lb 6oz Franklin Lawrence.
We bought a dogwood tree just before Franklin’s celebration of life in 2020.
I have always loved dogwoods and there are SO many here! It is one of my favorite parts of spring, and a big part of why my favorite season has been slowly turning from fall to spring. I also really like the cherry blossoms at the capital…
The one we bought was a bit of a scrawny little fella. We didn’t have much choice, since it was not really the season for buying and planting dogwoods.
First of all, to ease your minds, we don’t have all of that ugly rock taking up the whole backyard anymore…it’s only in one small section now. We have a pretty lawn, which you can see below.
The tree lived in a garden box until this year, while we tried to get it established and nicely growing before tossing it out to the golf course winds. And now, (pictured below), it has been replanted into the ground. Josh just put some nice rubber mulch around it the other day, and I have a bunch of tulip bulbs planted all over in the “tree circle”.
And I am happy to report that it is thriving. We replanted it at the beginning of spring and look at all of those beautiful blooms!
This is the most blooms we have ever seen on it, and it is so healthy! And just look!
Jacob thinks it is very cool too, and he likes to sniff the flowers (and pull them off when I am not looking). But he also brings the flowers to me and says, “for mommy”, so I can’t complain there. He is just a little sweetie!
Happy Pride Month!
