tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post4673302064486902170..comments2023-09-20T00:13:37.931-04:00Comments on One Good Thing: Hand-Me-DownsMandy Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365577216317740232noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-6814392410467267882012-03-28T13:39:26.829-04:002012-03-28T13:39:26.829-04:00I miss your updates. I hope you are well. I imag...I miss your updates. I hope you are well. I imagine you moved to NC since you last wrote. I hope Jackson is making you smile a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-56996895339083507222012-03-14T21:17:49.692-04:002012-03-14T21:17:49.692-04:00Oh Mandy, it should never be this hard, and yet it...Oh Mandy, it should never be this hard, and yet it is. How can that be? I find myself asking that all the time. It is so wrong and I am so sorry. Lots of love to you.Kate C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-30232855296580876622012-03-12T06:19:02.634-04:002012-03-12T06:19:02.634-04:00Mandy, I hear you. Clementine is younger than Dais...Mandy, I hear you. Clementine is younger than Daisy was when she died, but already heavier than her. Her weight was the thing I struggled with and now I'm facing dressing Clementine in the clothes Daisy never wore. I wish I had the answers for all of us who miss our little ones so desperately. Please know that you continue to be in my thoughts and my heart just breaks reading your beautiful words. Sending so much love to you all in the coming days as you prepare to move. Take care.kellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280632930386464253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-36073914102833258002012-03-11T08:31:24.341-04:002012-03-11T08:31:24.341-04:00Mandy, I am so sorry you have to go through the pr...Mandy, I am so sorry you have to go through the process of leaving her all over again. For our parts, know that there will be people here to welcome the four of you ---you, Ed, Jackson, and sweet Hudson's spirit and memory -- down in Tar Heel Country. Not only will you bring her with you, but you will bring her to us and all of those people eagerly anticipating your arrival. I know it makes it no easier at all. Much love to you during what I know is a hard time.Sherry E.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-16036707319337919452012-03-11T00:28:54.434-05:002012-03-11T00:28:54.434-05:00Heartbreaking.
When Vida was in the nicu for the ...Heartbreaking.<br /> When Vida was in the nicu for the weeks after her surgery at 2 days old, we had to go back to the apartment we rented each night without her. I imagined (almost physically felt) a chord that stretched between she and I - the further from her we went- down the elevator, onto the street, to the other side of the city to the apartment- the further the chord stretched and stretched. <br />I know I am, for some reason, blessed with the miracle that Vida lived and is with us today- and I wouldn't presume to understand what you must feel, Mandy. But I can see and feel the same line between you and Hudson- always connected- keeping taut between you as you left the hospital without her that day, and as you move now to a different city. It is probably the very thing that makes it all hurt so much, that never ending, ever present chord. It is part of your soul, and part of your body. <br /> It serves as a unique anatomy you have with her that doesn't end- despite the fact that you can count the days until Jackson reaches her age and beyond, your connection with Hudson surpasses any calendar. The bond you and Hudson have doesn't discriminate between those who are here in flesh and blood, and those that are only here in spirit. And while i know you ache and ache and ache for her to be here in flesh, I hope that somehow, that chord between you will give you just a small bit of peace someday.<br />Much love to you, as always .<br />xoxoJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171650831772452646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-59014211574869281772012-03-10T23:38:22.137-05:002012-03-10T23:38:22.137-05:00I hear you. I have so many things I selected for o...I hear you. I have so many things I selected for our future kiddos, of course with the intention of them being used by Jack first... As we prepare to meet his sister I'm taken aback by the realization she will wear these things first... The Moby Wrap? She'll be worn in it because he never was... It's heartbreaking...<br /><br />I'm sorry Hudson's life was entirely too short.Lj82https://www.blogger.com/profile/01067562341189588336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-40427605608529077872012-03-10T22:43:49.488-05:002012-03-10T22:43:49.488-05:00I'm so sorry. Your post struck a chord with me...I'm so sorry. Your post struck a chord with me. We are currently trying to get pregnant since the loss of our Eva. I have a box of her clothes. I don't konw what to do with them. I will never, never give them away but I don't know if I want another child wearing them or if they should be forever hers. We have considered making a big quilt out of all her clothes. I don't know if it will make me happy or sadder to see her clothes on another little one. Thanks for the post.Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910371746336686970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239796424430952907.post-81916612706246780842012-03-10T22:14:27.640-05:002012-03-10T22:14:27.640-05:00Oh, Mandy. She should be with you in body as she ...Oh, Mandy. She should be with you in body as she is in spirit. I'm sorry. It's wrong.<br />HUGE hugs,<br />ClaireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com