Hollyns Hope

05/10/2026

To the little girl who made me a Mama.

You will forever be the one who prepared my Mama heart for your little brother, Westin.
You will forever be my strong little fighter.
You taught me to have hope when I didn't think there was any more.
You taught me to cling to God at my darkest and bring myself out of the darkness that I didn't know I could get out of. I couldn't have done that without God and the motivation of being your Mama & making you proud up in Heaven.
You taught me things that I never got to teach you.
You taught me deep lessons without even being here physically.
You taught me love can reach to the highest, all the way to Heaven and back.
You prepared my heart for this Motherhood I'm in. You prepared me to be the best Mama I could be.
You and your brother are the best parts of me.

I will miss you every day for the rest of my life. I will always think of how full my life would be with both you and Westin here with me. I will love you forever. Most importantly, I will see you again one day. 🩷

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mamas. To the Mamas with kiddos here with them. And to the Mamas who have part of their heart in Heaven.

04/04/2026

Missin my sweet Hollyn Rae 🩷💕

Her and Westin would be having a ball together this Easter.

There’s a missing Easter basket this year…

Not forgotten, just never got to be.

No name written on it.
No candy picked out.
No little hands digging through it.

Just an empty space
where you should’ve been.

I think about the things I didn’t get to do…
the basket I would’ve made,
the colors I would’ve chosen,
the memories we never got to have.

I should be celebrating you here.

Instead, I’m missing you in a place
no one else can see.

Because to everyone else,
it’s just Easter.

But to me,
it’s everything that’s missing.

You are still my baby.
Still loved in every moment like this.
Still a part of me,
no matter what.

There may be a missing Easter basket this year…
but there will never be a missing piece of my heart.

©️Momming On Empty

03/11/2026

🩷Saw this post on facebook today & had to share. 🩷

Two babies made me a mom, but only one walks beside me.

Motherhood didn’t start the way I imagined it would.

There are two heartbeats that changed my life forever… but only one set of footsteps that follows me around the house.

One baby I get to hold.
One baby I carry in my heart.

One I tuck into bed.
One I say goodnight to in the quiet.

People see me mothering the child who’s here,
but they don’t always see the one who made me a mom first.

The one who existed.
The one who was loved.
The one who will always be part of my story.

Motherhood, for me, is joy and grief living in the same place.

Because two babies made me a mom…

even if only one walks beside me.

©️Momming On Empty

12/08/2025

🎄Did you know that the Elf on The Shelf is the same size as a micro-preemie? At 10.6" long and 1.8lbs, this elf is representing the smallest and most fragile of the babies cared for in the NICU.

It is soo hard to believe that my sweet Hollyn was 1.4lbs and 12 1/4" long. So tiny and so mighty her entire little life. 🩷



*picture of the elf is not my photo*

12/04/2025

Sweet Hollyn, your resting spot is decked out in your pink Christmas decor & decorated with lots of love.

Nana made your bow topper and little bro, Westin picked out the star. He insisted that your little tree had a star too. Everyone he talked to in the store was told it was a "Hollyn star."

You are so loved. 🩷 I know you're having the best Christmas season in Heaven.

10/16/2025

We are letting your light shine on, sweet girl. 🕯️✨

Hollyn Rae, you are loved forever and remembered always. 🤍



No one prepared me for the moment when your child recognizes and says the name of your angel baby. So bittersweet. Westin will always know he has his very own angel in Heaven who watches over him. 🤍

10/15/2025

Tonight, October 15th, is the International Wave of Light in memory of our little angel babies🕯️✨

At 7 PM, I'll be lighting a candle for my sweet girl, Hollyn Rae and her little angel baby friends who left this world too soon.

Please, if you can, join me in lighting a candle tonight at 7 PM in memory of Hollyn and all the little ones who couldn’t stay. Together, we can make the world glow for them — even just for a moment. 🤍🕯️✨

10/11/2025

Memories came on my phone reminding me that tomorrow, October 12, was the day we laid you to rest 6 years ago. And tonight I'm missing you a little extra. 🩷🪽

10/03/2025

6 years of celebrating you, Hollyn Rae 🎉🩷🐞🪽

3 years of little brother, Westin being here with us to celebrate.

We love you, we miss you, we will always remember you 🩷

Thank you to everyone who always remembers my sweet girl with me. You don't go unnoticed and I am so grateful for yall.

10/02/2025

6 years. It feels like just yesterday but it also feels like forever at the same time.

Hollyn Rae. 🩷🪽

The one who made me a Mama. The one who taught me the love between a Mama and her children can reach as far as Heaven and back a million times again. The one who taught me strength and hope. Most importantly, how to keep having hope in times you feel like there is none. The one who taught me that no matter near or far.. a mother's love is deep rooted. The one who prepared my heart to be the best Mama I am today to little brother, Westin.

I will always imagine who she'd be today. What she'd be into right now. How good of a big sister she'd be to Westin.

All the lessons I've learned in the last 6 years surrounding Hollyn's existence/passing are different and greater than I ever could have imagined. I am not able to "teach" Hollyn all of the things that a Mama would teach her child, but she is teaching me so much, without even being here physically.

I think about her often. In some of the little moments with Westin. In cute little girly things I see that I'd love to get for her or do with her. In seeing some of my friends little girls that are her age grow up and become the beautiful little girls that they are. Watching Westin sleep, sometimes I see so much of her features in his little face too. Westin is learning her face in pictures, saying her name, and I'm starting to tell him about his super cool sissy angel in Heaven who gets to look after him and keep him safe every day. In everything we do, she pops in my mind. Never forgotten. Always loved. I will forever be greatful to God for giving me the hours he gave me earthside with my sweet Hollyn, until we meet again.

Happy 6th birthday, Hollyn Rae. Mama loves you. 🩷