by Dianne | Mar 29, 2017
The other night, I drove to the cemetery, intending just to stay in my car and look at Tyler’s bench as I sometimes do. But the March night was already pitch black, and I couldn’t even make out the outline of his memorial. So I walked over and sat down, grateful that...
by Dianne | Oct 11, 2016
Lately I have been plagued by the question, “Why?” Not the why you would think. Not the, why-did-my-son-get-cancer-and-suffer-and-die why. No, not that why. To that why, my response has always been, “why not?” Seriously. Why not? Why should Tyler have been spared a...
by Dianne | Mar 29, 2016
March 29, 2016. Just another date on the calendar. Clocks shift from 11:59 pm to 12:00 am. And it’s here. Another day. Except this particular date forever marks my child’s death. Likewise, the years on my calendar march on. 2012 has somehow become 2016. You would...
by Dianne | Feb 7, 2016
In 2015, Facebook added a feature where former posts you’ve shared from years earlier pop up in your notifications. This past New Year’s Eve, Facebook announced, “Dianne, You have memories to look back on today…” My post was from 5 years earlier, December 31, 2010: A...
by Dianne | Oct 18, 2015
There’s a track posted on this site – a theme song of sorts for Live Like Tyler. In Live Like That, by Sidewalk Prophets, the songwriter poses questions about how his life will be recalled after he’s gone. He is inspired to live the way he wants to be remembered:...
