Tag: Life Without Rhianna Lily

Remembering You

Remembering You

Remembering you is all we can do. So we make sure we do it as well as we can every day. Every year we add something to your garden shelves outside. This year we are combining your flowers from your Nanny with your garden addition. 

Survival

Survival

Today I sat and did my make up. Honestly for the first time in what seemed like forever. I got up, I washed my face and I did my make up. As I stood there doing my make up, I wondered what I was doing. 

Personalised Memorial Vase

Personalised Memorial Vase

Recently we brought a cricut and one of the things I really wanted to make with it was a personalised Memorial Vase for Rhianna Lily. Ten years after her birth, and death we still can’t decide on her headstone, it isn’t a case of her 

10 Years Tomorrow

10 Years Tomorrow

Tomorrow is our little girls 10th birthday Usually I have a lot to say about Rhiannas birthday. This year I am not sure how you process 10 whole years without her I am not sure how you explain 10 years of silence I am not 

March

March

March has arrived. The month I love. The month I hate. It’s the month that is all about Rhianna. It’s the month I want to forget all about. It’s the month I want to remember every moment. It’s full of conflictions. It’s full of pain. 

Rhianna’s Christmas Table

Rhianna’s Christmas Table

This year we have decorated the house. Which was so needed and we all love, but it means that the usual way we set up Rhianna’s Christmas decorations couldn’t be done this year. As we don’t have the same space or the same area anymore. 

There’s No Right Way

There’s No Right Way

There’s no right way to grieve. It is a hard thing to realise. But it is the truth. If you talk about your baby or child or any other loss every single day that is ok. If you never mention them that is ok. If 

Just An Earring

Just An Earring

It’s strange what you attach to your baby when they are no longer here. The boys have memory boxes at home. I have their first outfits, they first shoes, and little bits and pieces of things that they loved and that mean a lot to 

You

You

All I want to do is write about you. The one thing I don’t want to do is write about you. So I say nothing. I don’t write. I stay silent. There is nothing I haven’t already said. Nothing is different. The memories are there. 

Less Than A Week

Less Than A Week

It’s less than a week till your birthday. Less than a week till your anniversary. And this year I just don’t really know how I am feeling about it all. It’s a tough year. It’s a unique year. I think both of them are massive