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Letting Go of Defeat
One year ago, I wrote "Letting Go" Series Introduction. In my post, I wrote, "It is essential for us– not just parents of children with...
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Staci Geiger
- Jul 29, 2019
- 9 min
Why, why, why, why?
More and more often recently, I feel like a fish out of water everywhere I go. John Steinbeck once wrote, “In utter loneliness a writer...
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Staci Geiger
- Jul 3, 2019
- 8 min
The Only Way I Can Help
A couple of years ago, I was trying to be more purposeful about prayer in my daily life. The truth is I have always struggled with...
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Staci Geiger
- Jun 28, 2019
- 6 min
Explaining Daniel's Lion Heart Foundation
For a moment I was weightless. Suspended in the beautiful, clear, turquoise water of the Caribbean, I felt free. The water of the...
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Staci Geiger
- Jun 17, 2019
- 4 min
Diagnosis Day
In my nightmares, it is a place of gothic horror-- eerie, narrow hallways leading to an ominous waiting room, at the end of which is a...
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Staci Geiger
- Apr 18, 2019
- 5 min
Peace of Mind and Heart
April has been a month full of stress. First I came down with Shingles. I had mild pain from the rash along my back and in my eye, but...
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Staci Geiger
- Mar 30, 2019
- 6 min
PTSD
I was jolted awake tonight in a panic attack. A scene from Daniel’s time in the hospital kept playing over and over again in my head....
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Staci Geiger
- Mar 20, 2019
- 4 min
The End of Anonymity
Something has been weighing on my heart recently. For the last few years, I have been heavily documenting my life and the lives of my...
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Staci Geiger
- Feb 27, 2019
- 7 min
A Word About Self-care
I was sitting alone in the house the other day holding Daniel. The other two kids were outside with my dad, and Daniel was having a...
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Staci Geiger
- Feb 20, 2019
- 11 min
State of the Geigers– February 2019
I have been sharing on this blog for about 9 months. The scope and purpose of my blog has evolved and changed over time. At first this...
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Staci Geiger
- Feb 16, 2019
- 5 min
Warrior Spotlight– Emma
In my journey with Daniel, I have often felt invisible. It is unfathomable that the world continues to turn while our world revolves...
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Staci Geiger
- Feb 10, 2019
- 4 min
Warrior Spotlight–Brenley
Brenley has Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome with absent left ventricle. “Hypoplastic” means underdeveloped or incomplete. Many babies...
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Staci Geiger
- Feb 6, 2019
- 4 min
Warrior Spotlight– Ace
Meet Ace. His official diagnosis is: Congenital bradycardia; Atrioventricular canal (common atrium with small VSD closing); subaortic...
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Staci Geiger
- Feb 4, 2019
- 4 min
Warrior Spotlight–Introduction
In this journey with Daniel, I have met dozens of inspiring mothers along the way. They are mothers of medically complex children. They...
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Staci Geiger
- Feb 3, 2019
- 8 min
Click-Bait Culture
Any time I send someone a friend request, there is always a moment of dread– this person seemed nice when I met her, but what kind of...
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Staci Geiger
- Feb 3, 2019
- 5 min
Letting Go of Denial
On April 4, 2018, I learned the truth: I am a heart mom. I am going to give birth to a baby with half a heart. For days I had convinced...
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Staci Geiger
- Jan 28, 2019
- 9 min
Q&A
I thought it might be a good idea to answer the most frequent questions people ask me about Daniel’s journey with HLHS. As you read, if...
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Staci Geiger
- Jan 21, 2019
- 9 min
Letting Go of Anger
Sometimes people think that, as Christians, we have to be manically happy all the time in times of struggle. We have learned the verse,...
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Staci Geiger
- Jan 13, 2019
- 8 min
Letting Go of Bitterness
Back at the end of August when Daniel was still inpatient after his Norwood, I wrote a blog post titled “Letting Go” Series...
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Staci Geiger
- Jan 13, 2019
- 7 min
Weeks…3-4?…Updates
I have so much to write about and so little time to do it. I have at least 10 blog posts planned out in my head, but I haven’t had a...
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