Comments on: photos & dna.

By: PunkRockChic

PunkRockChic — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:13:09 +0000

Wow…I am not a crier. At all. But this one made me cry…I hope and pray that in the event that something should happen to my husband or myself, that we will carry on the kind of legacy, of ourselves for our son, that you are carrying on of Liz for Maddy. You are a true inspiration and that little girl is very blessed to have you as her daddy and to know that she will know her mommy and her mommy’s memory because of you.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:00:35 +0000

Beautifully expressed. My mother passed when I was 4 months old – I hold my pencil in the odd fist grasping way she did, I make up odd recipes involving corn flakes, pork shops and maple syrup like she did, I make the same expressions and gestures. I never knew her but I know her through these small things.

By: Katie in the Atwater

Katie in the Atwater — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:13:15 +0000

Wow. That is so beautiful and I love the idea that she absolutely knows her Mama down to every fiber of her being.

Thank you for this post, Matt. I’m taken aback by the beauty of it.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:12:19 +0000

This morning, I stared at my 17 month old and thought, “Wow, she looks nothing like me. Not one tad of a resemblance.” I sulked and went to work.

You made me realize just how much she is me. More of a resemblance than I realized……

Thank you, Matt. Thank you, Liz. Thank you, Madeline.

Have a safe trip to India.

By: Katie C.

Katie C. — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:28:24 +0000

Fuck. That just made me bawl, and I am at work, and had to close my office door.

You are amazing. Your wife is proud of you, wherever she is right now, looking down on you and your beautiful daughter. If there is a Heaven, or an afterlife, or a thereafter, whatever you want to call it, she is there – clapping her hands under her chin at the wonderful job you are doing at raising her little girl.

By: Mrs Ergül

Mrs Ergül — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:07:29 +0000

how sweet to know the bond between mum and daughter!

By: Cathy Matthews

Cathy Matthews — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:52:57 +0000

Mstt, this post made me cry. Maddy is so blessed to have you, and you are so blessed to have her. Liz is closer than you think.

By: Erika Smith

Erika Smith — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:10:01 +0000

I understand your post. I have not wrote before but I too lost my spouse. I lost him 3 weeks prior to the birth of my son. My husband was driving to get flowers to plant in the yard. He wanted everything to look perfect. However, on his way he was in a fatal car accident. My son looks at the pictures and he knows who he is but will never truly known him. I do have a blog but I have also wrote in a journal months before my son was born was able to tell him some things that his daddy was doing at the time. It changed gears after the accident to now be more about the memories I shared with my husband along with the every day memories I now have or we now share. It has been 2 years now, still hard but getting easier. I never thought I would say that. Today I have been trying to reach out to others that lose a spouse too soon. There was no one there I could talk to to help so now I try to be there for them. By doing that it helps me to heal and it helps to keep the memory of my husband alive. Keep doing what you are doing, it is truly awesome. I know our children will never know them like we do but they will know they are loved and were loved by their lost love one.

By: C

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:37:50 +0000

I’ve been following your blog from afar, but haven’t had a chance to comment until now. This post made me cry! Okay, this post made me bawl my eyes out.

I first heard of your blog from a TV show where you were interviewed in. I surfed in again via BlogHer. Your story has touched millions…even from afar.

Big hugs for you and Maddy. She is such a beautiful girl. When you wrote of how she is like Liz through and through, it made me smile. Beautiful, beautiful post.

By: Janette in Texas

Janette in Texas — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:16:52 +0000

Love you, love Madeline, love Liz. You always make me cry and you always remind me of what’s important. Thank you for that! Oh, and you’re doing an amazing job! xoxo.