An entire year has passed. A year of firsts. An entire 365 days of loving you, wishing you were here, grieving that you are not. A full 12 months of dreaming of what life would look like had you been here. A whole year of you, Selah.

I’ve spent this past year, aside of grieving, dreaming of how I can share our story, share our experiences and keep Selah’s legacy known. I’ve wanted to write for so many years but never had a strong ‘why’ behind the dream to do so. That was until our sweet girl was born, born sleeping. (see Selah’s Story) She has been the biggest ‘why’ behind starting out. I am desperate to make her known, keep her legacy alive and to use her story to raise awareness and help anyone in anyway we can. Even if ONE person is encouraged and supported through this blog, it will have been worth every single moment for that one.

In so many ways, losing Selah has made me feel like my whole world has collapsed but in a whole other way, feels like life has truly begun. We may not be raising our daughter but she has given me/us the biggest drive in life to make a difference and to live life to the absolute fullest. A saying you often hear, ‘live life to the fullest because life is too short to live in another way.’ It’s sad to think that it takes a tragedy to often help us to really realise the truth of these words BUT, I’m thankful that OUR daughter caused us to pause, reflect and change our outlook on life. The greatest honour, that it was our sweet, 7lb 8oz, perfectly peaceful baby girl who woke us up to the reality that life is far too precious to let it just slip by. I’m stunned and incredibly proud at how much she has changed my/our lives.

My dream is that through writing, documenting our journey of grieving the loss of our daughter, that you are encouraged and inspired by how we are learning to live life as parents, currently with no child to parent. I want these posts to be honest and raw yet filled with hope because without the hope that we’ve been able to hold onto, I don’t think we would be where we are today.

Here’s to the beginning of a new dream and a new chapter, Selah’s Story.

I’m so excited to journey with you all!

Claire xo