KimDec 15, 20182 min2 weeks away from 3.Just over two weeks from now, Aria Noelle turns three. I’m so confused by the reality that so much time has gone by since the day she was born. It doesn’t re...
KimSep 22, 20182 minAn Announcement: Three years later.Exactly three years ago today, we shared this photo and announced we were pregnant with Aria. This year as I carry her little brother, this anniversary has b...
KimJul 20, 20181 minAria’s CribAria’s crib: still dismantled and packed in bubble wrap after taking down her nursery and moving to a new house 1.5 years ago. I remember gingerly wrapping i...
KimMay 7, 20182 minBalancing grief and hope: preparing my heart for the road ahead. This clock in our living room is always set to 3:06 PM, the exact time of Aria's birth. It's just one of many little reminders and memories of Aria's brief l...
KimMar 16, 20183 minDear Aria,(This letter was drafted in October of 2016, but was not immediately published. I wanted to wait until we were ready to share the news we were planning to ...
KimJan 3, 20181 minDear Aria: A letter to our baby girl on her second birthday in heaven.Sweet Aria, If I could sneak into heaven today, I would do it bright and early. I’d tip toe into your room and kneel alongside your bed. I would pause for ...
KimDec 24, 20176 minDecember 23, 2015Today’s post is a retelling of the events of this day, exactly two years ago. We woke up the day before Christmas Eve with a game plan. Brian would come hom...
KimJul 15, 20172 minEntering Aria’s season for a second time.In less than two weeks, it will be two years since I held the positive pregnancy test that changed my entire world in my hands. It’s crazy to think that at...
KimJun 30, 20172 minDreamsThe other day Brian was helping me in the kitchen as I prepared dinner when he looked at me with glistening eyes and said, “What would she be doing now?” H...
KimJun 7, 20171 minSometimes, there are answers.For a few weeks I’ve been struggling a lot with “what if?” What if I had gone to Philadelphia sooner? What if I had pushed my doctors in Florida harder? Wh...
KimMay 9, 20172 minLearning more about our baby.It all started with a clerical error. I had requested a copy of all of Aria’s ultrasound images, longing to have copies of every picture ever taken during h...
KimMar 3, 20173 minDeath ends a lot of things, but not everything.Today marks fourteen months since our sweet Aria made her grand entrance into the world. It also marks fourteen months since she entered heaven’s gates and...
KimJan 10, 20175 minA recap of Aria’s first birthday.I’ve finally had a chance to unwind from our trip to Maryland to celebrate Aria’s first birthday. Although, this day of rest wasn’t exactly voluntary. Trav...
KimJan 3, 20173 minDear Aria: A letter to our daughter on her first birthday.Dear Aria, It has been quite a year. We’ve experienced such deep sadness, and our arms have felt an emptiness far greater than we could have ever imagined....
KimJan 3, 20171 minHappy First Birthday, Aria!Today is Aria’s first birthday. I can’t believe I just typed that sentence. A year has gone by in the blink of an eye. This day is more bittersweet than I c...
KimDec 30, 20162 minLooking back, and hoping forward.There are so many things I want to say, but it would take hours to write it all. So I’ll try to sum it all up in one post. Yesterday marked one year since we...
KimOct 4, 20162 minBack to square one.(Pictures at the end of post.) Yesterday marked nine months since Aria’s birth. This monthly anniversary was made even more difficult, because it was also t...
KimSep 10, 20162 minAria’s Story: The day we left the hospital.I was discharged from the hospital four days after delivering Aria. I needed to be closely monitored to make sure all of my symptoms of mirror syndrome had...
KimAug 17, 20162 minIt is well with my soul.As we said our goodbyes to Aria’s body at the hospital, we prayed with the chaplain who had been counseling us during our time there. She wrote a beautiful...
KimAug 7, 20162 minAria’s Story: Ramen Noodles{I have decided to start writing snippets of stories and memories from my pregnancy and Aria’s birth, to celebrate and remember our daughter’s brief life, ...