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Breakdown
And so it has happened. I have come face-to-face with a great fear. An I held it in. I kept it together. And I am grateful that it...
Ivelis Santiago
Oct 26, 20242 min read
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Finding Our Places
It is January 11, 2025. I have not written. I needed to regroup, and find a sense of direction. The holidays took their toll on me, and...
Ivelis Santiago
Jan 122 min read
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Seven Months Without Emrys
It is December 27, 2024, 2:20 AM. It has been seven months since Emrys passed away. I can still feel his tiny body go limp. That will...
Ivelis Santiago
Dec 27, 20242 min read
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Endings
My dear Emrys…my sweet baby boy. In this moment I am wishing you were here picking on me so that some of this burden in my heart can...
Ivelis Santiago
Dec 22, 20242 min read
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7 Months Old
It is December 11, 2024. It is 12:30 AM. On the 6th, Emrys would have been 7 months old. Juju and I would have been prepping his fruits,...
Ivelis Santiago
Dec 11, 20243 min read
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Bittersweet Memory
It is December 4, 2024. The day has been cloudy, dreary, and wet; such a contrast from this exact date a year ago when it was warm and...
Ivelis Santiago
Dec 4, 20243 min read
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Six Months Without Emrys
It is November 27, 2024 1:57 AM. Not surprising that this is around the time I write on this day, every month. If I sleep, I wake up...
Ivelis Santiago
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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A Birthday
It is November 22, 2024; just past 2 AM. It is Juju’s birthday. We were not supposed to be here. Last year, on her birthday, Juju was...
Ivelis Santiago
Nov 22, 20242 min read
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A Promise Kept
It is November 14, 2024. Today, I begin writing the new chapter of A Divine Gift: Emrys’ Story. Memories will continue to be shared. This...
Ivelis Santiago
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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Six Months Old
Today, My Sweet Boy would be six months old. And yes, he was my son too, because in the end, I had to take custody so that my Juju...
Ivelis Santiago
Nov 6, 20243 min read
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A New Lesson
And just like that, My Heaven, Our Host, has turned into Mr. D. It’s actually very fitting, because what he has now placed him in the...
Ivelis Santiago
Nov 4, 20244 min read
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Selflessness
On November 1, 2024, Juju and I set our grief aside, faced our fears, and gave or love and strength to a family in need. We attended Mrs....
Ivelis Santiago
Nov 2, 20242 min read
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Five Months Without Emrys
It’s. About to be that time. The time that will forever be felt in my heart. The time that sweet Emrys, the most beautiful love I have...
Ivelis Santiago
Oct 27, 20242 min read
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Sadness
This week began in sadness. Not that any week has been happy since Emrys left us, but they have been somewhat bareable. We received bad...
Ivelis Santiago
Oct 24, 20242 min read
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FINALLY
By January 2024, I was beyond fed up. I was so sick of FRIEND taking up space, sick of his loudness, sick of his cockiness, sick of his...
Ivelis Santiago
Oct 17, 20242 min read
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Five Months
Five months. Five months since I almost lost both of them. And the pain is still raw. It’s like a monster trying to claw its way out of...
Ivelis Santiago
Oct 6, 20243 min read
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Where are They?
It is 2:30 AM on September 30, 2024. I should be sleeping, but the sudden bouts of insomnia never fail. So here I am, having to work in...
Ivelis Santiago
Sep 30, 20243 min read
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Four Months Without Emrys
It is September 27, 2024. In about an hour and 45 minutes, it will be four months since Emrys looked straight into my eyes as I asked,...
Ivelis Santiago
Sep 27, 20243 min read
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Statistical Findings
When I feel that something is wrong, I will search until I find it. Research provides answers that you may have never known existed. It...
Ivelis Santiago
Sep 24, 20243 min read
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The Reveal
December 2023 passed quickly. We didn’t have much of a Christmas because my focus was to make sure Emrys would’nt go without, and I...
Ivelis Santiago
Sep 14, 20243 min read
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