After a period of recuperation I began my new life as a single mom. Not that it was too different than when I was previously married. The main difference was that I now had to shuttle my daughter off to her dad’s 2 weekends and month. We had previously been together all the time and I didn’t like her not being at home.

I began a new social life which was a very foreign thing for me after a 9 ½ year marriage. I dated a few different men and also took small trips without having to answer to anyone. This was the part of my new life I loved the most.

After dating a few different guys I met a man through a mutual friend of ours. We had actually gone to school together, but did not know one another while attending school. We dated and got to know each other and spent more and more time together. He has a little girl that is 1 ½ years younger than Kaylin and they got along together very well.

We had time to get to know one another when the girls were at their other parents house and we also made special plans for the weekends that we had both the girls. It was not long until we decided we should get married. On January 1, 2000, we married and began our new life together. He knew I wanted another baby at some point so we didn’t worry too much about preventive measures. I had such a difficult time conceiving Jake that I just didn’t think I would become pregnant anytime soon and didn’t worry too much about when I would. Little did I know that after only being married for 8 short days I would conceive!

On September 26, 2000, I gave birth to another baby boy. We named him Preston. He is now 7 months old and he is one of the best babies I could ever had hoped for. He is laid back and only cries when hungry or tired. The rest of the time he likes to play and bounce and crawl around on the floor playing with his toys. Kaylin just adores him and helps out a lot where he is concerned. She loves to be the first one to wake him up in the morning and also likes to help me take care of him. I feel much better about my life now and I am moving through the grief process. Losing a child is something that you will never get over, but with time, you can get back too as normal a life as possible.

I am blessed to have Kaylin and I am grateful to have met Shane and his daughter Shana. I was blessed to have had 11 weeks with my son, Jake, and now I have been blessed with my new son Preston. Life has become as good as it could possibly get after my loss.

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