If you ever wonder if I think of you, the answer is every second. Your essence is intertwined with my every thought, your heartbeat lives on within mine, your love gives me one more breath.
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When Your Dreams Have Shattered
by Lexi Behrndt October 13, 2015It’s hard to say how you got here. You’re not even quite sure how your life unraveled at the seams and you found yourself sitting in a pile of tissues and…
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This Will Be the Hard Part
by Lexi Behrndt October 8, 2015“This will be the hard part.” The words were spoken with a hush, gently and quietly as the dim lights softly flickered in a darkened hospital room as I held my…
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To the Child I Cannot Hold
by Lexi Behrndt September 25, 2015What do I say to you? How many words can I write? I’ve heard that a person needs to tell a story a few times to be healed. I’ll never finish…
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The Power of Permission
by Lexi Behrndt September 21, 2015Take a deep breath with me, sweet friend. I need you to hear this.
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A Nurse Did That
by Lexi Behrndt September 16, 2015The one who sat next to me the first night, as my newborn was whisked away and a medical team swarmed like honeybees around him. The one who passed tissues, held…
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To My Friend: On a Year of Deep Grief
by Lexi Behrndt September 9, 2015Hi, friend. I’m sorry I haven’t been myself. I’m sorry I sometimes fall off the grid. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. And I do miss you. To My Friend: On a…
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Currents of Grief
by Lexi Behrndt September 7, 2015With a silent nod, a single tear streaming down her face, it was over. She lifted her stethoscope, and it was done. There was no more heartbeat. The lifeless form I…
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Loving Little Heroes
by Lexi Behrndt August 17, 2015When I breathe in, I can still smell the betadine that cleansed his skin for sterile procedures. That’s the smell of the hospital to me. I hear the constant pump alarms,…
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To the One Whose Arms are Aching
by Lexi Behrndt August 9, 2015This is part two of my series of letters to the Grieving Mom. Read part one here. To the one whose arms are aching, Sweet friend. I have to tell you.…