Sometimes Pregnancy is Dark
Two pink lines beamed boldly through the tiny window of a pregnancy test, my future staring back at me—a vision…
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Two pink lines beamed boldly through the tiny window of a pregnancy test, my future staring back at me—a vision…
Continue ReadingI see you trudging back to the toddler’s room, assuring him there are no monsters for the fifth time tonight.…
Continue ReadingI laid on the bathroom floor, crying. My last pregnancy was one of the lowest points of my life. Logically,…
Continue ReadingThere is a kind of grieving, a kind of death that envelops you when you can’t have any more children. …
Continue ReadingThe text came in from my almost 16-year-old daughter late that night. Can we talk? My children and I were…
Continue ReadingI used to be fit and thin, but then I became a mom. I used to go running for the…
Continue ReadingThe doctors told me I would have problems conceiving you, sweet baby girl. But I worship the God of miracles,…
Continue ReadingI’m still adjusting to being a mom. Me? Like for real? I have had this little guy for 13 weeks…
Continue ReadingThat perfect little outfit. A soft, blue sleeper with tiny elephants dancing across. When I was pregnant, I thought about…
Continue ReadingIs this a planned pregnancy? I checked NO on the questionnaire I was required to fill out at my 8-week…
Continue ReadingToday you called me Mommy. Mommy. Not Mama. Just yesterday—merely one day ago—it was Mama. But today—merely one day later—it’s…
Continue ReadingWhen our daughter was born at 34 weeks, the last thing we were worried about was the possibility of colic.…
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