Processing the Grief and Gratitude of the Final Baby
The spot where my IV was shoved into my vein has officially healed. The bruise on my back from the…
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The spot where my IV was shoved into my vein has officially healed. The bruise on my back from the…
Continue ReadingWith their cell phones as extensions of their hands, my kids expect I will be available at all times, under…
Continue ReadingLife is good. Summer air feels warm and sweet on bare shoulders. Screen doors slam. Watermelon stains my children's chins…
Continue ReadingI know you feel so alone and wonder why this is happening to you. I know your loneliness and can…
Continue ReadingAt the end of each day my husband and I like to sit and watch one of shows together –…
Continue ReadingThis broken pencil is all that's left of a nearly two hour battle that took place in our home tonight.…
Continue ReadingA mama bear eats large amounts of food, protects their babies (sacrificing their own life, if they must), enjoys Mother…
Continue ReadingI've always thought I was pretty intentional with my oldest daughter during her time at home with me before heading…
Continue Reading"We'll go when he starts sleeping through the night," my husband and I promised each other. We both missed those…
Continue ReadingI had my beautiful, smart, spunky baby girl in my early 40s and I would do it over again. Well,…
Continue ReadingThey’re cute. There are a million of them on Pinterest, each one more attractive than the last, with numbered columns,…
Continue ReadingHere we sit. Our 5-year-old daughter on the arm of the couch (which in her mind is a sailboat), singing…
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