About

About Me

My name is Kristina. I’m a bereaved mother and daughter. When someone you love dies your life splits into the life before and the life after. The photograph above was one of the last photos my husband and I took before grief changed our worlds. It’s from the life before when we did not know the depths of this sadness. Looking at it makes me smile and sometimes long for the innocence of that time.

Little by little I’m sorting through grief. This grief weaves its way through my life and makes me who I am today. When I started this blog this grief was heavy and thick. Today it’s much lighter. And I’ve learned that grief and joy can coexist in a beautiful, delicate way.

I’m a bereaved mother and daughter. But I’m also a wife, friend, sister, and mom to two wonderful subsequent children and a silly dog named Daisy. About a year and a half after losing Amelia I became mommy to a little boy named Benjamin. And two years after that we welcomed Amelia and Benjamin’s little sister, Olivia.

Since 2021 I’ve been learning how to garden and I’ve been learning that I like to write. I enjoy being active, exploring outdoors, and tasting all of the food and wine that the world has to offer.

This blog has been an important part of my journey. I hope it can help others like me.

Thank you for visiting my blog!