cars, babies and the bereaved parent
i had another non-stress test this morning. all looks great with the babe. this little one is really starting to dislike these tests though! every few minutes i felt a punch or kick to the monitor that resting on my belly, but towards the end, my child had a bit of a temper tantrum. all out flips and punches, over and over for a good 10 seconds. then another round hit. it was actually pretty funny. i felt bad that my babe was annoyed, but there was another part of me that really thought it was funny! i can already tell that we're going to have our hands full!
twice today i was asked if this child is our first. i went with the 'this is our second child' line and just hoped it would end there...but it didn't. i'm not saddened about sharing Jorai's story. her life. i like the opportunities to share her life. but what i hate is making people feel uncomfortable. the look of terror as soon as i say that we lost our daughter at 28 weeks...i hate doing that to people. it's such a catch 22. i want to share Jorai's life with others, but i think there's definitely a time and place to do it...many times i just make people uncomfortable. i know they're wishing that they never asked because they're worried it made me feel bad...which it doesn't. i'm more concerned about them feeling bad. it's all really quite silly.
i think for the most part, bereaved parents look for opportunities to share their child's life. it's a way to keep their child alive in their hearts. some times i have a hard time not talking about my daughter. once you get me on a roll, i never want to stop. it's all i have to hold onto.
we posted steve's car on craigs list yesterday. i can't believe how many people have been calling and emailing about the car. it's been up for less then 24 hours and there's tons of action on it. we've listed it for $2,300. which surprisingly is what others are selling theirs for. kinda crazy...but it is a honda civic and mechanically, it's in really good shape. what's surprising me is the amount of people who are asking us if we'd take less for it they haven't even seen it and they're already trying to dicker. this one lady asked if we'd take $1300. are you kidding me? do people really think we'll take $1000 less for a car that's getting tons of interest and that's only been listed for less than 24 hours?
but, it's kinda cool that we're getting so much action...hopefully we'll sell it soon! we'll see...
twice today i was asked if this child is our first. i went with the 'this is our second child' line and just hoped it would end there...but it didn't. i'm not saddened about sharing Jorai's story. her life. i like the opportunities to share her life. but what i hate is making people feel uncomfortable. the look of terror as soon as i say that we lost our daughter at 28 weeks...i hate doing that to people. it's such a catch 22. i want to share Jorai's life with others, but i think there's definitely a time and place to do it...many times i just make people uncomfortable. i know they're wishing that they never asked because they're worried it made me feel bad...which it doesn't. i'm more concerned about them feeling bad. it's all really quite silly.
i think for the most part, bereaved parents look for opportunities to share their child's life. it's a way to keep their child alive in their hearts. some times i have a hard time not talking about my daughter. once you get me on a roll, i never want to stop. it's all i have to hold onto.
we posted steve's car on craigs list yesterday. i can't believe how many people have been calling and emailing about the car. it's been up for less then 24 hours and there's tons of action on it. we've listed it for $2,300. which surprisingly is what others are selling theirs for. kinda crazy...but it is a honda civic and mechanically, it's in really good shape. what's surprising me is the amount of people who are asking us if we'd take less for it they haven't even seen it and they're already trying to dicker. this one lady asked if we'd take $1300. are you kidding me? do people really think we'll take $1000 less for a car that's getting tons of interest and that's only been listed for less than 24 hours?
but, it's kinda cool that we're getting so much action...hopefully we'll sell it soon! we'll see...
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