Thank you to Tina for organizing this blog giveaway that has helped so many people make it through a very difficult holiday season without some very important little ones in our lives. This year I found this wood plaque with a saying on it that really touches me and hopefully it will you, too. I like having things like this around the house that are mindful of our little boy who left us too soon. It's a nice thought to have, in my opinion, anyway. Please leave a comment giving me a score of 1-10, 10 being the saddest or worst, how you are doing this holiday. I'd say I'm a 4...but Christmas morning I anticipate more like a 6 probably. Which is a big leap from the 10 I felt my first Christmas without Chase. I hope you will be honest and I hope you will find comfort in the other baby loss comments and blogs you are reading. This is truly an amazing community that we all belong to and if it hasn't already, it will help you in your journey, I promise. Thank you for sharing this with me....
I will draw the winner tomorrow nite. Good luck and I wish you all peace, love and happiness this holiday season.
Beautiful plaque Christy.. isn't it amazing how little things like this come into our lives at just the right moments... I am all over the darn map- from a 10 to a 4 or 5.. it just changes day by day. Thinking of you... xo
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! I guess I am a 2 for Christmas but I have been kind of numb since Meredith's birthday in October, for which I would have to say I'm an 8. I don't know why it hit me hard this year.
ReplyDeleteRemembering your sweet Chase at Christmas...xoxo.
This will be my first Christmas without my baby. Right now I am a 4 but it changes daily. I'm dreading next weekend and pretty sure i will feel beyond a 10...
ReplyDeleteThis is my 5th Christmas without our DD and for some reason this Christmas is bad. :( I'm hanging out at an 8
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely plaque I would be honored to win it and put it in my home. This is my second Christmas without 2 of my angels and my first without 1 of them (the twin of the child I am currently carrying). I think the hope of my rainbow Logan has made this holiday season a little kinder. I am almost 22 weeks pregnant with him. I would say that currently I am about a 4 as I am still filled with worry and stress by Christmas it may be better or worse - we shall see.
ReplyDeleteThat is so beautiful, I love that quote. I am probably a 5 this year, much better than last year. We have a 3 yo which makes it sometimes impossible not to be happy since he brings so much joy to our lives and is just so excited about everything christmas this year, but I'm missing my angels Mikayla and Chase a lot. I am also currently expecting again, which brings a whole new set of joys and stresses and it's hard to find a balance some days.
ReplyDeleteRight now, I feel like I'm about a 7. This will be the first Christmas without Jack, and we're quickly rounding the corner to his first birthday on January 1st. I think the only reason I'm not a 9/10 is because I'm carrying his little brother or sister within me, so I have a little hope for the new year and it makes this a little more bearable.
ReplyDeletePs. I love that sign, it's beautiful. :)
I love it! Great choice!! I've been running about a 2. Probably a 3 on Christmas Eve when we do our balloon release, an probably a 4 on Christmas morning when I watch our rainbow (who is 15 months) ripping into things.
ReplyDeleteI love this!
ReplyDeleteThis will be our 3rd Christmas without Parker. Last year I was still a 10, as i was our first Christmas without Parker. This year I feel Im doing a little better probably a borderline 8. Christmas morning though i will go right back to a 10, when we take Parkers gifts/letters to his gravesite and send them up to him. Its hard to watch our rainbow go through the stages adn milestones we never got to experience with Parker.
This is our 3rd Christmas without River. I think I am most days 4 or 5 but have hit 7 a few times this month. Nothing feels quite as awful as it did the first two years. year one: numb, year two: shock, year three: disbelief. I really just cannot believe he is not here and this is our 3rd holiday season without him.
ReplyDeletethis is one of my favorite quotes, thank you for the opportunity to win!
This is our third Christmas without our girls and at this moment I am probably a 4. As the holiday gets closer however, the number will definitely go up with Christmas being an 8 probably. Not as hard as the first one, but they are always in the back of my mind.
ReplyDeleteThis is our third Christmas without Lily and I have my rainbow to celebrate with so I never want to damper his celebrating so I'd say that outwardly I'm about a 6-7 but when I'm alone with my thoughts, I'm about a 4...
ReplyDeleteI would say that I'm at a very manageable 3, but there are moments where that shoots up to like 7 (like toy shopping for our daughter). Getting by though! :)
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Oh goodness...that's a tough question to answer. It's our 4th Christmas without Nate. I go between a 3 and a 9 (depending on the day and the circumstances). Being that we are expecting a rainbow baby any day now, my emotions are all over the place. I haven't even held another baby since I kissed Nate's limp body goodbye so I have no idea what to expect when this baby arrives. I'm just anticipating a very emotional week.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this giveaway and I'm SO hoping to win it.
Hugs,
Trisha
I love that saying! I am about a 5. It is my second Christmas without Sienna and some days are harder then others.
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful saying. It is my 2nd Christmas without my Angel Janessa and my 1st without my angel Hope--I'd say I'm about an 8.
ReplyDeleteThat's such a beautiful saying! I'd say right now, I'm at about a 4. This is our third Christmas without Sydney. Some days it is worse, some it is a little better. We dropped off our donation in her memory today, so it's been kind of a sad, but rewarding, day.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this Christy! Hummm...I guess I'm about a 2 most of the time. There are definitely moments where my score is much higher. I think I'm just so busy right now that i don't really have time to "feel" anything! Thanks for participating in the giveaways!!! xo
ReplyDeleteI love this saying!!! I use is as part of my signature in all of my personal emails, since we use starts to symbolize our twins, Oscar and Bella, who are not here with us.
ReplyDeleteThis Christmas, I think I'm at a 3. This will be the third Christmas without Oscar and Bella, and the second without Tittle, but will also be the second with our rainbow. There are definitely times when I'm up at an 8, but overall, I think this year I'm at a 3.
Our son's nursery was decorated with stars. :) Thank you for the chance. I would say that on any given day I'm somewhere between a 6 and an 8. It seems to get harder the closer we get.
ReplyDeleteLove this giveaway, beautiful choice! This is our second Christmas without our daughter Laken. I'm in a much better place than I was this time last year. I think that I'm a 4. I have come to accept things that I cannot change and although we're missing her now we know we will see her again.
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Shandrea and I came over from Tina's blog. I am a mommy to 3 angels and am currently awaiting the arrival of my rainbow. I would say that I am currently at a 3. I am not sad per say but I do miss them and wonder what they would be doing if I had them here with me, but I am also thankful that I can think of them with love and joy at the good ways they have changed me. ( sorry to babble ) I hope everyones heart finds at least a moment of comfort in this holiday season.
That's a great plaque with a great saying!! This Christmas I would say at the current moment I am a 2. Things have been so busy lately that I haven't really had time to sit and think about things to much in regards to another Christmas without her. And even if I did have time to stop and think I'm in a place now where I can reflect fondly on my journey and remember the good times more than the bad. I actually am looking forward to visiting the cemetery on Christmas.
ReplyDeleteHi Christy... Thank you so much for taking part in the giveaways. I absolutely love checking in on everyone's blogs each day, especially since I have been somewhat removed from blog land the last few months. This is a beautiful giveaway prize! It's one of my favorites to remember my Grams and KK by. This is my 3rd Christmas without Kennedy, but my first without my Grams. So, even though I often feel like I'm at about a 4, I truly think I carry about a 5 or 6 with me always. It's been a tough couple of years. Thanks again, hun...and happy holidays to you and your family. <3
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ReplyDeleteBeautiful plaque! Thanks for hosting a give-away day!
Good question about how I'm doing this year. This year we're celebrating the holidays with our 7 month old rainbow baby, so I haven't had much to time to be with my feelings, but I miss my daugther, Acacia very much. This is our 3rd Xmas without her. I'd put myself at about 3 right now. I imagine that will climb as Christmas gets closer - maybe up to a 5, 6, or 7 on the actual day. We'll see??
This morning I could have answered that I was at an apprehensive 4. This evening I was at a full blown 10 and am now back to a 6 or 7. I am just having a really hard time facing Christmas without my Alexander. It is his first Christmas outside the womb, but he is heaven side. He'd be a great age too 10 months old. Maybe just old enough to enjoy unwrapping gifts if he wasn't to busy playing with the wrapping paper.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you as you remember Chase. I would have to say that I vary from 2 to 7 most days whereas two years ago I was at 10 constantly. I can't believe in many ways that it has been two years.
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