phoenix rising

memories of tal

April 23, 2013

“Mama loves you” I whispered. And he lifted his head off my shoulder whipped it around, and planted a big one on me. Baby kisses are terribly sweet. And very slobbery. And his have totally stolen my heart. Feisty & Affectionate. Those two words describe so much of who this kid is. This amazing, perfect kid. He was pretty reserved with his smiles in the early days of being with us. I would have been too. Leaving everything you know is scary […]

one month together

April 11, 2013

He’s really here. I have remind myself of that a few times a day. I’ll have him on my lap, cuddling his little body in my arms and it will hit me: this is real, we’re together. It happened. During the process of waiting I held a duel reality in my head and in my heart: he’s mine, he might never be mine. Loving without knowing is a different kind of love. It’s a deep, pounding, fight-to-the-end kind of love that doesn’t […]