As many of you know, Zack and I were asked to be SickKids ambassadors (read Zack’s story on their site) over 3 years ago- we were asked to speak at events with Zack by my side, participate in commercials promoting the lottery, fly to the North Pole to meet Santa and attend cool events helping the […] Read more…
I’ve been around babies since Zack died. I’ve seen them, they’ve come to my house and I’ve even attended baby showers.All of those situations have been very hard for me.The truth is that I have had such a difficult time with anything baby since Zack’s been gone. Not only because I’ve lost a child, but […] Read more…
Yesterday, at a lunch with my contact at the York Central (Mackenzie Health) Foundation, I heard sad news of their plans to move the pediatric unit, only months after we celebrated the recognition and not even 6 months after the rooms were all painted. It turns out that with more babies being born at our […] Read more…
Zack’s room was the place where he and I would rock the night away. The place where I tried to get a few minutes of sleep between humming the Elmo song, during his 2am episodes.It’s the place where he would sit in his bouncing chair and get his meds and his gtube feed each night […] Read more…
Mommy fails. We’ve all been there, but it really doesn’t make it feel any better when you forget something important to your kids! The other morning, Ty pulled out his own tooth! He put it in his “Pirate Pete” tooth pillow and we went on about our day. The “tooth” (pun intended) was that we all […] Read more…
I’m feeling hopeful.We have a new Premier of Ontario. A woman. A gay woman. While I don’t expect her to represent either group in all that she does as Premier, I do hope that she will bring a new perspective, and be open minded to the issues effecting women and infertility. TRUTH: 15% of reproductive age […] Read more…