Stay Home For the Ones Who’d Give Anything To Hold Their Grandbabies
This is not normal. This is not fun. This is actually the worst feeling ever, but I know this is temporary. Today, my dad walked over four miles to…
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Dear Baby, I Will Protect You With Everything I Have
Dear baby, I will protect you with everything that I have. You deserve to come into this world safe and loved and protected. The…
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It’s a Strange Time to Be Pregnant
It’s such a strange time to be pregnant. That fact has never been more obvious then as she stands in the waiting room alone for her first,…
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I’ll Always Want Another Baby
I don’t think I’ll ever not want another baby. I’ll be wandering the mall to pick up some new things for my kids, and it will hit me. I see…
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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.…
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Your Tiny Hands Hold My Heart
We’re swaying to the steady rhythm of the rocking chair, a nestled buoy bobbing with the current. My sweet baby boy, how you’ve already changed…
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Sometimes Love Comes After First Sight
You will fall immediately in love with your baby. This is what they tell you. Here are the other things they tell you: You will feel complete at…
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You Were Meant to Be Mine
I cried when I watched the plus sign appear. I was single, unemployed and never meant to be a mama. I cried again eight months later when seven…
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There’s Just Something About Mamas and Their Boys
Dear Jackson, Today didn’t go at all how I expected. Usually, when moms have me come to the hospital, to capture their firstborn meeting their…
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There’s Just Something About That Last Baby
There’s just something about that last baby. When she’s placed in your arms for the first time, something inside you changes. Actually,…
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