These Days Are Long, But I Need More Time With You
I need more time. Eighteen months. Eighteen long, and I mean, VERY long months with my son so far. Staying…
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I need more time. Eighteen months. Eighteen long, and I mean, VERY long months with my son so far. Staying…
Continue ReadingI tear open the packet and twist my arm around the seat, waving the fruit snacks inches from her scowling…
Continue Reading“Mom, can you open it?” My daughter held out a container of mandarin oranges to me from across the kitchen…
Continue ReadingYou see the soft white bristles just poking from the pillow’s edge. “A feather, give it a pull,” I say,…
Continue ReadingAt first, when you would scream and cry I would dread every second of it. I would pray for you…
Continue ReadingAs I look through your baby pictures, it hits me. It hits me so hard. You, sweet toddler, are not…
Continue ReadingI can’t believe you’re two. It seems like just yesterday I held you in my arms for the first time…
Continue ReadingSmack dab in the middle of Sam’s Club, motherhood broke me. Little sleep, an embarrassment of pregnancy hormones, and one…
Continue ReadingTears are falling into my coffee cup. I feel like I’m drowning. Drowning in deep waters. Deep waters that I…
Continue Reading"Mom, how did you learn to be a mommy?" "Gee, I don't know. You just become one." That's about as…
Continue ReadingMy dear little one, my sweet baby boy. It seems like just yesterday I was welcoming you into the world,…
Continue ReadingI’m not ready. I’m not ready to pack away your onesies or take apart your crib. To no longer be…
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