Kimberly Nightengale
Bio
My names Kim, I'm a mother of two who probably worries way to much. I have a passion for writing and lots of ideas I want the world to know about.
Stories (2/0)
Living with Grief
On October 29, 2020, we lost our son Eli. I went in to wake him from his nap and he wasn't breathing. I immediately pulled him from his crib, laid him on a flat surface, and called 911. During the 911 call, I did a mouth sweep. I gave them our information and began CPR. I then realized the door was locked and ran to unlock the door so EMTs could get in. In the mix of all this was our 4-year-old daughter. I rushed her into her room because I didn't want her to see her little brother like this. I continued CPR until the EMTs got there and took over. It wasn't long before one of the EMTs said, "we're going." I was frazzled. Our daughter was running around in undies because prior to waking Eli up we were getting ready to go take my husband, and their dad, dinner and possibly go do some shopping. The police officers helped me to get Hazel (our daughter) dressed and offered to drive us to the hospital but it was less than 2 miles from us so I got Hazel buckled in, turned on my flashers, and headed that way. When I got there they were working on him trying to get a heartbeat but they weren't having any luck. I've never prayed so hard in my life. My husband worked 30 minutes away and was trying to get there as fast as possible. The doctor came out to tell me there was nothing they could do. I asked them to keep trying until my husband arrived. They kept trying but it didn't make a difference. My husband arrived and we went in to talk to Eli, maybe we had hopes that our voices would somehow bring him back but it didn't. The doctors' words to us were, "I'm sorry, this is so shitty." He wasn't wrong but shitty didn't even begin to describe it. I will never forget standing there with my husband holding our little boy's hand saying, "I've never really asked God for anything other than to protect our children, why did he take Eli from us?" I still don't have an answer to that question and I may never know. Losing Eli has been the hardest thing in my life, I have good days and I have bad days. I have days where I laugh at some of our silly memories with Eli and I have days where I cry over those same memories.
By Kimberly Nightengale2 years ago in Families
Monitoring Our Children Online
Working as a paraprofessional in an elementary school containing grade 1-6, I learn a lot about what the kids are into these days and some days I'm flat out disgusted with what these children are listening to and watching online. I was lucky enough to grow up in the generation that started out without technology being used for everything but was able to learn about technology and how important it would be in our daily lives. I also learned that technology is not the answer to all our problems but it can be useful in the appropriate situation.
By Kimberly Nightengale6 years ago in Families
