I knew that was sad, and it resonated on some deep level. But grief is a bell that gets rung so many times a day that you learn to move through the vibration rather than shake and break under it. I was moving there pretty good. All day in fact. Until I finished out the night and went to turn off the bedroom light.

Since Beckett’s passing, a lot of my response has been positive. I have truths I hold on to at all times that have great meaning in my life and often make it a good day to keep moving forward. Living somewhere I love with people I love is an incredible thing to have and I […]

To call everything that happened concerning Beckett last year a learning experience is an enormous understatement.  I had never experienced the death of a close family member, so to lose my own son was going from one extreme to the other.  I have learned so many things in the wake of his death, but the […]

Hi, and welcome to my blog! I’m Brittany. Why Scars & Eyelashes? It was a line from something I wrote during a most difficult time in my life and it stuck in my mind. It was meant to apply to my beautiful child, but in truth, it can apply to any of us. Certainly to me. This is my […]

This blog entry has been a long time coming. Longer even than since Beckett’s death. Years in the making. I have often found writing to be the medium I am most comfortable in. It’s something I enjoy doing and feel comes naturally to me. So in that spirit, I have considered sharing my writing many […]