The Deepest Cuts on a Mama’s Heart Linger
Blood began to pour across the cutting board. I yelled a choice swear word and looked down to where the…
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Blood began to pour across the cutting board. I yelled a choice swear word and looked down to where the…
Continue ReadingEarly in the morning, while my husband and two other children were still sleeping, I would slip out of my house and make…
Continue ReadingAt 19, I had never heard of the NICU. I didn’t know NICU nurses existed. Not many people know what…
Continue ReadingApril 29th. As soon as the receptionist handed me the card, I began to obsess over the date. April 29th.…
Continue ReadingToday, I am brining my baby home from the NICU. I have replayed this day over and over again in…
Continue ReadingThis morning I got caught up looking at pictures of my kids when they were babies. I was looking for…
Continue ReadingIn the summer of 2013 my husband and I sat anxiously across the table from a geneticist in a sterile…
Continue ReadingI heard the helicopter before I saw it. The thumping sound vibrated into my bones. Hot afternoon sun blinded me…
Continue ReadingBeing alone in a hospital room for a few minutes can feel like an eternity when you don’t know if…
Continue Reading“This is your son.” The orderly rolled my bed into the hospital’s NICU and I groggily stared over at the…
Continue ReadingIt only takes one moment. Maybe it's the sound of an alarm or the smell of hospital soap. All it…
Continue ReadingThe flashing lights and alarming sounds cut through the silence. The doctors and nurses arriving at your child’s bedside bring…
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