One Good Thing

A chronicle of my journey of learning to live again after the loss of my precious daughter, Hudson, and my attempt to find meaning in her death

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Happy Third Birthday, Jackson!

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Dearest Jackson, Oh, my sweet guy, my buddy, my little nugget, my J-man, my lovebug. How can you already be three? I started this ...
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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Canvas

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We spent most of the fourth anniversary of Hudson’s death clearing out the spaces in the yard we intend to use for her garden. All we man...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Four Years: A Letter to My Girl

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My dearest Hudson, Oh, my sweet girl. How can it be that you have been gone for four years? Four years. Each year on this day, I try to ...
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Saturday, May 10, 2014

On Mother's Day

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I wrote this last year, but I’m sharing it again, with deep love and empathy, for all those for whom Mother’s Day is loaded or fraught. On M...
Friday, May 9, 2014

Bubbles for Hudson

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It’s become so that I know when May is near, even without paying attention to the calendar. The world begins to turn a different color. I ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Listen To Your Mother

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Dear Mom, I can’t really remember the last time I wrote you a letter. You’ve been gone so very long now, more than twelve years. Have I ...
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

I Didn’t Take Her With Me

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Early this morning, I was roused from a long and deep sleep by an insistent buzzing in the bedroom. It took me a second to realize that it ...
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Mandy Hitchcock
In May 2010, my daughter Hudson died at the age of 17 months old from a very aggressive bacterial meningitis infection. Before anyone knew she had more than a common toddler virus, it was too late to save her life. One day, she was a perfectly healthy, bright, precocious, loving child, and the next day, she was fatally ill. We said goodbye to her on May 13, 2010. This blog is where I record the journey of learning to live without her. It is a journey that will never end.
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