Brooke reflects on bonding with her grandpa, finding peace in quiet moments, and passing those lessons on to her son, Jax, during hard times.
Tag: grandparents
Choosing Health Over Grief
I have always been a sensitive person. Empathetic. Emotional. As a young person, a bit over dramatic. Emotions rule the gut. So, naturally having an autoimmune disease centered in the gut, has not been fun. When I was younger, my uncle, my great grandmother and my great aunt all died…
Holidays: Joy & Sorrow
2016 has been a downright year of craziness. I lost my uncle, close family friend, grandmother, another close family friend, ANOTHER close family friend, one of my reader’s son/Ulcerative Colitis patient and then my childhood best friend lost her grandmother. These were all people who have known since before I…
I’ve Found The Soul of Love, Grandpa…
When my son’s father and I decided on our son’s name we decided that we had to incorporate some family into it. We are both family oriented and both felt a certain connection to our paternal grandfathers. Now a while back when I was a teenager I told my grandfather…