Love Letters to Luke: Light of My Life
My Dearest Luke, In November I promised to write a letter a day to someone in my life. You are my letter for "someone who brings me joy." So here we go I remember when you were born and the weeks following were filled with so much love, light, and happiness. If I had to describe those weeks I'd sum it up by saying "pure unbridled joy". I visualize it like sun shine pouring out on the world. When Brittany died, I lost a huge, huge part of myself. I remember being in California hours after I heard the terrible news and I couldn't sleep. I tossed and turned and you had a fitful night as well. We were sleeping in the same room as your crib and I bet I kept you up. You woke up crying and I fed you but you still fussed and didn't want to be put back down (which is so unusual). I remember standing in the middle of the room and rocking you in the night with tears pouring down my face and pooling onto the top of your head, until they finally slid d