#BecauseOfThem

It's September 15th.

For a week I've found myself regularly thinking... "At this time 14 years ago.."

FOURTEEN!

I am amazed at where I've been.

How far I've come.

And I often say it's #BecauseOfAndrew

And it is~partly.

It's funny~ September 15th.

It was the worst day of my life. It was the best day of my life.

Today I have already been moved by friends who have and are doing acts of kindness #BecauseOfAndrew 

~ But like that day I am reminded of the number 2.

There were two very extreme emotions that day.

Two reasons for streaming tears.

Two amazing little boys that changed me.

So while I remember the boy who broke my heart,

Today I also think of the boy who began healing it.

My reason.

The reason I could find my breath after crying so hard I couldn't breathe.

The reason I could get up after my knees would buckle when it was too hard to stand.

The reason I COULD live.

It was all~ #BecauseOfJonasen

And so begins another September 15th where 

I will remember.

I will grieve.

I will celebrate.

I will cry.

I will smile.

I will try my best to give to others an ounce of what I have been given~

#BecauseOfThem

Happy Birthday my Sweet Andrew & Jonasen!

Love you both more than you know!