Colic Can Make a Good Mom Feel Like a Failure
“Let me try.” A stranger. A complete stranger. I allowed a stranger to hold you. It has been weeks, and…
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“Let me try.” A stranger. A complete stranger. I allowed a stranger to hold you. It has been weeks, and…
Continue ReadingI see you. All the women out there who see a newborn baby, and their hearts break. I see you.…
Continue ReadingAs I sat there rocking my child to sleep, I caught my mind wandering to the past. Not my recent…
Continue ReadingThis week, one year ago, was one of the most difficult weeks of my life. Fast forward to exactly one…
Continue ReadingI love being pregnant. I love everything about it. I am, however, one of the lucky ones who has been…
Continue ReadingBaby, I have prayed for you—even before I knew who you would be. I prayed I would be a mom…
Continue ReadingMy youngest son turned two a few months ago and still has a binky. He actually calls it his “mimi,”…
Continue ReadingSecondary infertility is hard. It’s an all-encompassing phenomenon that hyper focuses your brain on a single goal: another baby. The…
Continue ReadingTo my firstborn, I’m sorry you’ve been put on the back burner. We’ve had the best four years together, me…
Continue Reading“God, please put a baby in Mommy’s belly. Amen.” She’s added it to her prayers every night for the past…
Continue ReadingI remember bringing that squishy baby home from the hospital. His 9-pound birth weight didn’t label him as scrawny by…
Continue ReadingIt's 2:14 a.m., and I'm miles deep in a dream. Through the murkiness, a thin voice reaches me, calling out,…
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