Gracefully Broken: The Legacy of Ellie Love

This is the longest I've ever gone without writing. To be honest, I've almost written this post about a hundred times. Generally, I don't write a blog post in the middle of a big struggle. I wait until I feel like I'm coming out on the other side with some perspective. So these past few months, I've kept waiting for that moment....but it just isn't coming. So here I am in the thick of the struggle, writing a post. Even though it's been nearly a year and a half since Ellie ran ahead to heaven, some days it still feels like yesterday. Other loss mom friends had told me that year two following the loss is just...different. I'm finding that to be true for sure. In some ways it's easier, but in some ways it's harder. Reality has definitely set in that Ellie is really gone. I've known that, but this second year has made missing her even more intense. It's hard to explain, but it feels like that first year was kind of a dream, and now I'