I Didn’t Know How Much I Needed You Until This Moment
I watch our shadows on the wall as I rock you a little longer than necessary. Thoughts of the last months race through my mind sometimes. We still…
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Your Baby Knew Love Because You Chose Life
I looked out my kitchen window this morning and watched my little boy swinging and singing in the sunshine. And I thought of your little boy, born…
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Dear Mama, You Are My Everything
Mama, I can’t see past you right now, I’m so small and everything’s a little blurry. All I see is you. When you feel alone, like the walls are…
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To My Pandemic Baby, This Isn’t the World I Wanted To Bring You Into
To my pandemic baby, this isn’t the world I wanted to bring you into. The diaper bag is still packed with diapers you’ve…
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Born in a Pandemic
My sweet baby girl, I carried you safe and warm in my womb, comfy and loved with the sound of my heartbeat to keep you content Little did you know…
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Dear Quarantine Baby, I Cry For What We Missed
Around six months ago, I sent my husband up to the loft to bring down a load of boxes. I didn’t go up because I hate the loft and also because…
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This is What it’s Like To Have a C-Section
Michael and I leave for the hospital at five in the morning. I’m 39-weeks pregnant and scheduled for a C-section because our son is breech with a…
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You Changed Everything About Me
It used to be flat. It used to be toned up and all one color. It used to tan really well. My stomach . . . it used to look a lot different than this.…
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Gone are the Precious Days of Babyhood
It seems like yesterday I was watching you dance in my belly, anxiously awaiting your arrival. Now you’re going to be ONE at the end of this month,…
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Giving Birth is Scary—And I Would Do it Over and Over Again
My mom always said she loved giving birth, and she’d do it over and over again. Each time she said that, I thought she was crazy. Giving birth is…
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