Yes, We Wanted a Big Family
Baby number WHAT?!?! Okay, okay, I know having FIVE children in the modern world is a bit of an anomaly,…
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Baby number WHAT?!?! Okay, okay, I know having FIVE children in the modern world is a bit of an anomaly,…
Continue ReadingI have just had my fourth baby. A baby who wasn’t expected but very much wanted and very much loved…
Continue ReadingI spent nearly a decade birthing babies and subsequently breastfeeding them. I have been pregnant so many times I am…
Continue ReadingI took the girls to one of our favorite coffee shops last week and all around me were parents of…
Continue ReadingRecently, my husband and I were in a grocery store with our four children. We were on vacation, picking up…
Continue ReadingHere we are at a new church. Surrounded, again, by people. No one really knows me. They might know my…
Continue Reading10 things you’ve always wanted to ask a woman with a big family . . . You’ve got how many…
Continue ReadingI'll never forget one of our first outings as a family of five. The thought of bringing three kids (under…
Continue ReadingStop what you are doing. Right now. Close your eyes. Take a slow, deep breath through your nose like you…
Continue ReadingI’m a mother of four, which is somewhat of a big deal in North America’s standard two-kid culture. The best…
Continue ReadingWe have a big family—five kids if you’re counting (which I sometimes do, just to make sure we have everyone).…
Continue ReadingI thought about you today. We took our annual back-to-school photos, and I was arranging them in a collage. I…
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