What They Really Need to Hear after a Life-Changing Diagnosis
When I was 20-weeks pregnant, my routine blood work came back with an abnormal marker. A second blood test and…
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When I was 20-weeks pregnant, my routine blood work came back with an abnormal marker. A second blood test and…
Continue ReadingDear mom friends of typically developing children, Our children are the same. Yours might be pretending to play with dolls…
Continue ReadingBefore becoming a mom, I didn’t like the idea of leaving my children all day to go to work. But…
Continue ReadingDear Grandma, I know I’m lucky to still have you in my life—you were a young mom and so was…
Continue ReadingWhat is a mother? A mother is unconditional love. Safety and security. A mother is a fighter. An advocate. Someone who would…
Continue ReadingWhen my sister-in-law had her first baby, feelings of jealousy and anger rose to the surface and caught me off…
Continue ReadingIt dawned on me that I have begun marking time with, life before and after the loss of my uterus. This year, I celebrated…
Continue ReadingI’ve decided I don’t want a body that lies. I'm going to embrace a body that tells the truth. I…
Continue ReadingIt wasn’t what we had in mind—this 1914 house with one bathroom on a busy street but far from everything.…
Continue ReadingYou’re far too young to understand the words I’m about to write, but still, I will jot them down so…
Continue ReadingMy baby is probably the cutest baby who has ever lived. He has my eyes, eyebrows, and nose. He has…
Continue ReadingTwo-year-olds often get a bad reputation for being temperamental, emotional, defiantly independent, and challenging. They are also hilarious, fun, lovable,…
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