Both of Our Worlds Are Upside Down So I’ll Hold You
I’ve been sleeping next to you each night. You stand up, and with screaming, sobs call out, “Mommy!” I run…
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I’ve been sleeping next to you each night. You stand up, and with screaming, sobs call out, “Mommy!” I run…
Continue ReadingMy mom always said she loved giving birth, and she’d do it over and over again. Each time she said…
Continue ReadingIt's 2 a.m., and I'm tired. He's been fed, burped, and changed, and is now peacefully asleep on my shoulder.…
Continue ReadingDear baby-to-be: I don’t know you yet. You are tucked safely away in my growing baby bump. Currently, a series…
Continue ReadingNo one tells you it’s going to be this hard. That you’ll feel responsible for their beating heart long after…
Continue ReadingI love our son's cry. To us, it means life. It means we have a living baby in front of…
Continue ReadingDear Keegan, You were born in the midst of a worldwide emergency. You were born on the day the first…
Continue ReadingGiving birth for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic without my husband in the hospital felt strange. It was…
Continue ReadingI dreamed of you before I held you. Curious eyes. A smile that lit up your face. When I saw…
Continue ReadingTo my one and only child, is it OK if it’s just us? As I watch your heart grow bigger…
Continue ReadingMy journey to motherhood began three years ago when my husband I decided we were ready to start trying to…
Continue ReadingThere’s an old hymn I sing when I rock my babies to sleep. I sang it during my deepest depression…
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