by Rebecca Holt | Feb 14, 2020
The minutes, hours, days and weeks after Charlie died have been a blur to me. Sometimes when we are in conversation with friends and family, they will mention something during that time frame and the memories are not there for me to retrieve. I try to piece together...
by Rebecca Holt | Feb 6, 2020
In our darkest times, there’s one thing that always gives us a glimmer of hope: our own family. Family is everything to us at Charlie’s Heart. It’s why we’re even here, trying to make a difference on behalf of our son. It’s what pulled us through the months of...
by Rebecca Holt | Jan 22, 2020
Extreme Grief is strange. The trauma causes such a disconnect between the body, mind, and spirit. And from what I learned, I’m not sure you ever fully recover from it. Extreme Grief can make you do things that your mind will tell you is completely irrational, like...
by Rebecca Holt | Jan 16, 2020
The last week has been a mixed bag of emotions for me, Michael and our family. Coming off of Christmas trips, celebrating the New Year with friends and all of the interactions, thoughts and emotions that go along with those events, left me in a tailspin. And as...
by Rebecca Holt | Jan 6, 2020
As a former kindergarten teacher with a passion for early literacy, watching someone learn how to read is something I cherish. Seeing that light bulb go on in a child’s mind as they finally connect something, watching their eagerness to learn and watching them...
