December 8, 2018 Tuesday sucked. I woke up and could feel the day was going to be filled with emotional hurtles that I wasn’t prepared for. It was overcast and the weather seemed to mimic exactly how I was feeling. I felt sad. I knew that I had a busy day ahead of me; instructing, meetings, and a lunch date with Tomas, so I decided to shift gears bury my emotions and push forward at least for the morning and…
Kirstin Czernek
Aria’s Down Syndrome Diagnosis Story Part 1
Posted on November 30, 2020I decided on the 2 year anniversary since getting Aria’s Down syndrome diagnosis to share some of the writing and documenting I did the weeks following while I processed her diagnosis. I didn’t now if I was ever going to share this or if I would ever come out the other side and be ok with it. Now two years later, completely obsessed with my girl, I wouldn’t change a thing and although our story isn’t easy, it is real…
Aria’s Heart
Posted on June 14, 2019I want to update everyone on Aria’s heart so you know what to be praying. To be honest, the last few weeks have been such a roller coaster and I was having a hard time processing it all myself, but I really do believe in the power of prayer so bringing you all along the journey to know how to pray is a nonnegotiable for me. To bring everyone up to speed, Aria was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect…