Dear Baby, Mama’s Depression is Not Your Fault
Dear baby, I’m sorry I had depression after I had you. I promise I couldn’t help it. I wanted to…
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Dear baby, I’m sorry I had depression after I had you. I promise I couldn’t help it. I wanted to…
Continue ReadingWhat if I walked out the door and just kept going? Time for real talk . . . sometimes I…
Continue ReadingI’d thought many times about how I’d feel the day my mom died. It wouldn’t be a celebration by any…
Continue ReadingOn those endless nights when you hear her small, mewing cry for the second, third, or fourth time, you can’t…
Continue ReadingBaby number one came in pre-COVID times. My front door was revolving with friends, family, and neighbors. Each coming to…
Continue ReadingEvery day, I come home from work a little after 5 p.m., and I walk through the front door only…
Continue ReadingBeing strong doesn’t mean you never cry. It means you find the courage to continue within the tears you shed.…
Continue ReadingI gazed back at her as she sat in the dentist's chair. I watched as her feet swayed back and…
Continue ReadingI’ve tried to be the crafty mom, but I don’t have the patience. I’ve tried to be the mom who…
Continue ReadingCheese toast on chilly mornings worked its way deep into my favorite childhood memories after my mom died. I remember…
Continue ReadingI remember when my husband and I were young and in love and imagining the next decades of our lives…
Continue ReadingOn the day that sweet newborn is placed in her arms, a mother is born. She never was one before…
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