This is Where the Waiting Happens
It’s full of strangers, all different ages, ethnic backgrounds, and different hometowns. All with their own stories. Their own struggles.…
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It’s full of strangers, all different ages, ethnic backgrounds, and different hometowns. All with their own stories. Their own struggles.…
Continue ReadingRecently I was carrying my almost-four-year-old son across a parking lot, even though he is well past big enough to…
Continue Reading“We are each gifted in a unique and important way. It is our privilege and our adventure to discover our…
Continue ReadingDear Daughter, I always wanted a daughter. After two babies never made it earth-side, I ached and longed and prayed…
Continue ReadingWhen my second child was born he wasn't crying. I immediately sat up in the hospital bed and asked the nurses…
Continue ReadingMy child. I don’t want you to be perfect. People will say that you are when you are quiet and…
Continue ReadingI know you’re feeling anxious. I know you’ve been patiently awaiting classroom placements since, what—around two weeks before school let…
Continue ReadingTwenty years. It is hard to wrap my mind around that number. Twenty years ago this month, at the ripe…
Continue Reading“Hello. Can you hear me?” I asked. She couldn't hear me. She was so focused on that beautiful baby. She…
Continue ReadingThere’s just so much to do. Three kids, a puking cat, a smelly crayfish, wilting plants on the front porch,…
Continue ReadingThere it was. Right in that moment that you looked up at me with your big blue eyes, raised your…
Continue ReadingYou rode the rapids from the protection of my womb into the hands of a stranger. With that final push,…
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