So, we went to get the rental house ready today. It is so hard to think about moving into a house where Adeline is never going to be...

Some moments, some days I can feel your presence around me and it is so strong that I forget that you are not here on Earth with me....

Today Shane and I did something that was hard and both of us had big emotions as we said goodbye to the home that we once lived in. We...

Some days I feel your presence so strong around me. Some days if I close my eyes, your presence is so strong that I believe that you are...

I feel like we are at a key turning point in the world today. I am trying to say things without being political as this has nothing to do...

Mourning is difficult for anyone. For me it is hard because I hate to cry. I know that this sounds dumb, but I hate feeling weak and...

I am sad, heartbroken, and want nothing more than to lie in bed and cry all day and night...but I know that my Sweet Adeline would have...

One of the things that has really started happening for me is that I have looked and searched out constant reminders of my Sweet Adeline....

This entire journey has taught me several things about myself and about those around me. For one, I have struggled my entire life with a...

I am so thankful that so many friends and family are reaching out with little treasures. They are sharing videos and photographs with me...

Hey Sweet Adeline, I need to write to you each morning and each night. It helps me. It has become my therapy. Last night when you came to...

It's a Sunday morning...the time that I dread more than anything. If only I had woken up earlier. If only I had done something different....

Three weeks....it has been three weeks since our last night enjoying our normal life before the fire. Tomorrow morning it will have been...

Saturdays mark the last time that we did something fun together. I wonder, even though it has just been three weeks, if I will ever be...

So today my friend Carley took me to get a massage. It was so good for the soul to have some type of normalcy for part of the day. There...

I feel like I am constantly going through emotional shifts that I can't understand. One minute I can laugh when I think of something...

I had big dreams and big plans before the fire. I had applied to UC -- Berkeley for their PhD program. I had plans to become a professor...

The stillness of the morning hours is something that I used to love. I remember spending so many days sitting on my back patio or my...

Five years ago, I would have never imagined the tragedy that would take over my life. I could have never imagined what life was like...

Triggers can come in the strangest places. For me it can be a comment on FB, a FB post of someone else's, or it can be seeing something...