Sonia Beltz is a former digital editor for Love What Matters based near Dayton, Ohio. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. In her free time, you can find her writing, reading, or researching random historical facts online. Follow her on Instagram at @skatbel.
“I was now the only neurotypical person in the house.”
“I was lying on the bed like a giddy schoolgirl watching our baby. The doctor stopped. ‘I’m not happy with the shape of the head.’”
“The truth is, grief changes you. I live with urgency because I know what it’s like to have everything I hoped for taken in an instant.”
“She had been waiting for us every bit as much as we had been waiting for her. Our family has kept growing ever since.”
“‘She’ll probably be in the hospital until her 2nd birthday.’ I enjoyed every second I got to be her mom. Even if I knew how this was going to end, I would do it all over again.”
“I write to you on the day before your 40th birthday. There are so many things I want to tell you. Bring tissues, you are going to need them.”
“For five days, I tried to drive, take care of my kids, and go about life, but I looked like I’d had a few too many cocktails. I couldn’t walk in a straight line, and my speech was very slurred, but they discharged me.”
“’They’ll never do that in the US, right?’ I was amazed it was even a possibility. When I got off the phone, I had to go to the bathroom and wipe all the tears away. My dream was becoming reality.”
“I have learned more about life from being her mom than I had in my 31 years on this Earth. I found unconditional love in the heart of my daughter.”
“I received a text no mother wants to receive. ‘You won’t be seeing them again.’ Our story isn’t sunshine and rainbows, but love flows freely.”
