I am at burger king.
Not a fan of burger king, but they have a huge playground and the boys need to run.
I have had some hard moments today.
Nothing triggered them really.
Sometimes reality just decided to be cruel and slap me in the face with the reminder that I won't ever be holding my baby boy again....until I pass away too.
Ugh.
I think the worst part of this is the unknown, but sometimes the known is pretty awful as well.
I have been trying all day to contact somebody to set up a Holiday tree in memory of Elijah and all Angel babies and children.
These are the moments when I start to feel really small and isolated.
I feel like people just don't give a damn.
Here I am suffering...as well as many other parents...and I hear them say is "I am so sorry...but our rules and other people's feelings are more important than your loss. I hope you will understand." (not really, but it might as well be)
I am thinking of driving by the malls tomorrow. Surely one of them has a kiosk space I can rent for the holidays.
I just wish things were easier.
I wish that I wasn't even doing this.
I wish that I was going to be celebrating Elijah's first Christmas.
Elijah,
I wish I could wake up from this nightmare to your screams. I wish I could have you back for Christmas. I wish it worked that way. I wish it were easier to get people to care. I wish it were easier to accept you are probably happy in heaven, even without me. It is hard to breathe knowing I have a lifetime to live before I get to join you in heaven.
I just pray with all my heart that there is really a heaven because I'm pretty sure what I am feeling is the equivalent to hell.
I love and miss you more than anything.
Keep on trying. Your determination is truly admirable. The things that mean the most and that do the most good are always the most difficult to accomplish.
ReplyDeleteMy last post didn't want to go through, so sorry if this comes up double-time.
ReplyDeleteMaybe try rallying together some local parents in your same situation? You might have better luck as a group getting businesses to work with you.
Fire houses and police stations might also be some good places to try.