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Baby, Motherhood
March 25, 2020
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Today I’m Sad For the Expecting Mamas

I went to my well-baby checkup today alone. I recorded the heartbeat for Ben to hear as this was the first appointment he’s had to miss due to the…

Baby, Motherhood
March 18, 2020
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Check in With Your Pregnant Friends

Check in with your pregnant friends. Because the weight of the coronavirus pandemic isn’t what they thought they’d be carrying. And…

Friendship, Motherhood
March 14, 2020
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Being the First Friend to Have Kids is Lonely

My friends and I had our whole futures mapped out back in high school. We knew just what we were going to do, when we were going to do it, and who we…

Baby, Motherhood
March 11, 2020
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What I Really Mean When I Say I’m Fine

The nurse handed me a piece of paper with questions I had been dreading to answer. I put on my best I’m fine face while simultaneously sipping a…

Baby, Motherhood
February 27, 2020
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You’re My Last Baby So I’ll Savor You a Little More

To my last baby . . . I knew you were my last. I saw the positive pregnancy test and felt such joy you were going to be ours. Yet, I also felt sad…

Marriage
February 19, 2020
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Sometimes You Have to Fight For Your Marriage

Our marriage has, overall, been easy. I don’t mean to say it has come easily—we have prayed over it, we have worked for it, we have invested into…

Baby, Motherhood
February 17, 2020
4 Minute Read

Nothing Can Prepare You For Parenthood, But You Learn

Two of our best friends had a baby this week. As I humbly held their child, so new to this side of the world, I remembered holding my own daughter.…

Baby, Motherhood
February 4, 2020
7 Minute Read

Becoming a Mom Turned My Life Upside Down

In the past three months, my life has forever changed. It has been a dream come true . . . and it has also been one of the most difficult…

Loss, Motherhood
February 3, 2020
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To the Woman Staring at Another Pregnancy Test

To any woman picking this box up to stare at it in longing, in mourning, in hesitation. To wonder. To wish. To throw it in her shopping cart again…

Baby, Motherhood
February 1, 2020
5 Minute Read

This Wasn’t What You Planned

This is probably one of my favorite photos ever. Of course, it’s my sister. But it’s so much more than that. At that very moment,…

having a baby

Today I’m Sad For the Expecting Mamas

Check in With Your Pregnant Friends

Being the First Friend to Have Kids is Lonely

What I Really Mean When I Say I’m Fine

You’re My Last Baby So I’ll Savor You a Little More

Sometimes You Have to Fight For Your Marriage

Nothing Can Prepare You For Parenthood, But You Learn

Becoming a Mom Turned My Life Upside Down

To the Woman Staring at Another Pregnancy Test

This Wasn’t What You Planned

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