Goodbye 2024.
Typically, when you have a rough year, you're glad it's over and never want to look back - but for me, it's bittersweet. This year tested me both physically and mentally. Tremendous loss truly changes a person, especially when your dreams are shattered within minutes. The reality is, I have grown in ways I know I never would have if I didn’t go through everything I was faced with this year. I hate saying “I” because truthfully, this entire year was a “we.” We lost, we grieved, and we grew. Some relationships can’t stand the test, but ours grew stronger and for that, I am forever grateful. The first two months of the year were spent excited and busy preparing for the later months. I am forever changed being able to experience pregnancy, the joy of becoming a mom, the excitement of what is yet to come. February was crushing, gut wrenching, draining physically and mentally. Induction and labour hit differently when you know the outcome, but not everyone gets that experience. N...
