Stryder Floyd Sessler arrived on March 21, 2024, at 11:17 pm. He was 7lbs 6.6oz and 19.5 inches long. He is one happy, healthy little guy.
I am thinking about sharing all about what it was like emotionally to give birth to a living child after a loss. I don’t think I could have ever prepared for it, but I just had to experience the emotions in the moment.
I’m not quite ready to talk much about the birth or anything, as we are currently in our stormiest part of life, as well.
I’ve gotten one question from many different people (family, friends, doctors), and I want to answer it: How am I doing emotionally?
Overall, I am doing as well as I can be. Since Stryder’s arrival, all I feel is BLESSED. My head tells me this is because my heart has already experienced the worst thing in the world, and I can’t feel any worse. This doesn’t mean there haven’t been challenging moments; moments where I miss Archer even more.
I plan to write more, but I must get through the next week or so. We are just one week out from Archer’s 2nd Angelversary. We are not ready in any way for it to be the reality of him being gone for two full years.
