✨ October’s Quiet Gifts ✨

Peace, Healing, and Gratitude. These are the gifts I am carrying into this new month. 🕊️

This month marks another first celebration without our dear ahya. James and I will celebrate our birthdays while holding him close to our hearts in a different way. May he continue to inspire us to move forward with the love and grace that come only from Jesus and Mama Mary. I offer our pain with each bead of the Holy Rosary, presenting it to her in unity with her own suffering, as she also experienced the loss of her Son, Jesus. In this prayer, I find strength and a deeper sense of connection... between a mother’s love, a son’s memory, and the eternal promise of God’s embrace.

It's like a gentle reminder to slow down, breathe, and watch the small ways in which life keeps going forward even when the heart is heavy with loss. Missing Enzo will always be a part of me. His absence has left a void that nothing can ever fill, a silence that echoes in all the corners of my mind and heart. Yet, within the space where my grief dwells, I continue to find a love that is deep, steadfast, and eternal. Though I can no longer hold him in my arms, I carry him in my heart every day, and he remains my guiding light, my forever ahya... #mysonshine

Vito is a daily testament of God's grace in our present moment. His laughter, his dreams, and even the simple daily routine we share keep me grounded and give me countless reasons for gratitude. I am constantly reminded that grace is not just an idea but a reality that unfolds in our everyday lives. He is a light I get to nurture, love, and walk beside, and that is a gift I treasure deeply.

This October, I choose peace... not as the absence of pain, but as the presence of love that supports me. I choose healing, even if it is slow, even if it comes in waves because I trust that God is working within the brokenness. And I choose gratitude for the past I cherish, the present I hold, and the hope of eternity where love is everlasting.

Here’s to embracing October with a heart that remembers, a spirit that heals, and a soul that still gives thanks.