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Coming Home & Carried

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Coming Home & Carried It has been three and a half months since losing our sweet little girl, Naomi. I have been wanting to sit down and write down this post for some time and just haven’t found the energy or words. In some ways, I think I have been waiting until I get to the point in my grief where I have a few profound, summed up points or things to share about what I have learned in the light of her life and death. Yet, I’ve realized that grief doesn’t work like that nor do I think the Lord intends that. There is never going to be a point where I have processed it all completely or put away my grief into some imaginary box. I am learning what grief really is -- grief is a lifelong journey and it is not linear. When people ask me how I am doing right now, I usually tell them that it just hurts. So badly. Still. My heart has been broken and a broken heart will hurt for some time. Do I feel confident that layers of healing will happen? Absolutely. And yet, I am realistic that on t
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Naomi Hope's Story

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“I’m so sorry. There is no heartbeat.” Those are the most painful words I have ever heard. I heard them first in May of 2018 when we learned that our second child had died at our 12 week scan and I was suffering a missed miscarriage. The second time was nearly six weeks ago on Tuesday February 16, 2021 when I found out we lost our precious baby girl.  This is the space where I will be sharing the story of our sweet and forever cherished daughter, Naomi Hope DiCicco, who unexpectedly passed into eternity with the Lord at just 24 weeks in my pregnancy. It has been the hardest six weeks I’ve ever endured, and I wanted to share with those who have reached out and I haven’t had energy or even words to respond amidst the weight of grief. I want to share Naomi’s story because we love her and so proud to be her parents. I want to share Naomi’s story because her sweet life and unexpected death have forever changed who I am, who we are as a family. I want to share the way that the Lord has truly
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