There’s Just Something About Mamas and Their Boys
Dear Jackson, Today didn't go at all how I expected. Usually, when moms have me come to the hospital, to…
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Dear Jackson, Today didn't go at all how I expected. Usually, when moms have me come to the hospital, to…
Continue ReadingParenting isn’t a thankless job though it feels like one most of the time. There is no paycheck or instant…
Continue ReadingI’m scrubbing the last of the dinner dishes while you sit out on the porch. Sunlight is trading places with…
Continue ReadingThis sweet little guy. Today, he wasn’t having it. And, to be totally honest, it frustrated me. I was trying…
Continue ReadingIf I say no, you say yes. If I turn the water off, you insist it be turned back on. …
Continue ReadingIn these little years, time goes by so fast. The hours, though, have a way of dragging on. Sometimes, I…
Continue ReadingI 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…
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