This was written by John Stabeno on 4/19/19 (two days before Ashley died). Everything that follows is his…nothing of mine. It is truth. Many people feel awkward around parents who suffered the loss of a child. They don’t know what to say and are afraid of offending them. Some days are better than others and…
June 23, 2021 Did you? Did you hug your child today? Did you hold their soft hand in yours? Did you inhale the intoxicating scent that is uniquely theirs? Did you have a conversation…About the mundane things? About the deep things? Did you text them? Did you call them? Did you take them to school?…
Had breakfast with this beautiful woman today. Let me tell you the back story: First, there was a dog. Several months after my Ashley had died, I was led to this sweet homeless dog (long story, but I knew Ashley wanted me to save him!) Ashley loved dogs; I love dogs…one of our many shared…