The Aaron Benedict Project

It’s been way to long since my last real post. Things have been very busy and work and I find that I don’t have the time to write a post.

Today is August 11th and once again I find myself very depressed. For the past 11 years this has been a very rough day for me to get through and I am finally feeling like I can open up a bit.

For those of you who don’t know what happened the short version of the story is that Malky (who has her own post about today) and I had a full term still born daughter after 6 years of trying to have a child. To say that was traumatic and scarring is a vast understatement. The emotion that there was while I had to tell my parents, the pain in their voices upon hearing the news is still hard to deal with even to this day.

Hindsight is 20-20 and I would definitely change things if I knew then what I know now, but those are now “teachable moments” and I shouldn’t kick myself for what I did then.

I will always be grateful for the support that my family and friends gave Malky and I while we tried to get through the aftermath and try to pick up the pieces of life after they were shattered.

So to my daughter Nechama, happy 11th birthday. I love you, I miss you and thank you for being part of my life no matter how short of a time that you were in it.