Julie Ann Cook

poetry • art • marriage • momhood • faith

  • Blog
  • Publications
    • Theology of Four-Letter Words
    • Love Like Weeds
    • Lemonade & Rumors
  • Lifely Designs
    • Icon Gallery
    • Lifely @ Zazzle.com
  • About

grief

Daily Life, Grief, Motherhood

Capture Your Grief Day 1: Sunrise

Julie
October 1, 2013
4 Comments

October 1, 2013. Today is the first sunrise I’ve witnessed since July, our wonderful week at the beach, while I was just wrapping up my first trimester of pregnancy with Lightning Bug. I was so happy that week. It was the best vacation, well, maybe second to my honeymoon. Maybe.…

Read More

#captureyourgrief, death, faith, grief, hope, loss, parenthood
Grief, Motherhood

Before we bury you

Julie
September 20, 2013
4 Comments

Dear Lightning Bug, It has been over two weeks since I first held you in my arms, over four months too soon. Two weeks since we gave you your “real” name, Alexander Gregory.  Two weeks since we told you goodbye.   I am so sad that you aren’t with us,…

Read More

babies, God, grief, hope, Letters to Lightning Bug, life, love, motherhood, parenthood, prayer, pregnancy loss
  • Next »
© 2025 Julie Ann Cook | Theme by: Theme Horse | Proudly Powered by: WordPress