Words...

How can I sum up all that you meant to me? If I gathered all the words of every tongue spoken in this world, would I find the right ones to properly describe the change you have instilled in me? Would I do justice to your life? To all you went through? To all you have meant to me? In this world, so limited, do the right words even exist?

I would like to send a huge thank you out to Franchesca for creating from so much pain, something so beautiful. Thank you Franchesca for helping me honor Peyton with this collage. There is no way to properly describe what it feels like to know that another mother has taken time out from her own grief, to create a tribute for your child. This gift has really touched my heart.

I encourage everyone to check out the great work Franchesca is doing over at Abiding Hope Collages.

I remember when Franchesca first offered to make me this collage a few months back, well, the task felt overwhelming. How could I possibly come up with the right words? In seeing them displayed here, these words, though not all that I am feeling in my heart about my daughter, do bring me a sense of peace.

James Earl Jones once said,

"One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter."

I invite you all to leave a comment, with a word, or two, or more, that sums up your current journey (loss, infertility, life). Good, bad, happy, sad, grateful, angry, it doesn't matter. Find a word that fits how you are feeling now. Get it out there.

I know. Sounds impossible right?

Give it a try. Who knows? Maybe getting out even just one (or some) of the words your heart needs to utter will bring you the same sense of peace/moment of relief that seeing the words on this collage brought to me.