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Baby, Kids, Motherhood
August 21, 2018
6 Minute Read

To the Woman I Was Before I Had Kids, You Cannot Fathom the Beauty Ahead

Hey you, my energetic, tan-legged and perfectly simple pre-baby self. There is so much I want to tell you, so many times I’ve wanted to reach out…

Kids, Motherhood
July 22, 2018
3 Minute Read

Mama, You Were Meant For Twins

“You’re going to have to hire a full-time nanny.” “Having two feels like four.” “I’m glad it’s you and not me!” “They’ll most…

Kids
July 16, 2018
4 Minute Read

God Gave Me Twins

The gel was cool on my belly. I looked at my husband apprehensively and he squeezed my hand. Our last pregnancy had ended in miscarriage. I was…

Kids, Motherhood
April 9, 2018
2 Minute Read

The Painful, Joyful Reality of Watching Your Twins Grow Up

I gave birth to twin girls nearly 14 years ago. Born in the same minute out of the same womb, they have been outpacing each other since birth. One…

Kids
March 7, 2018
4 Minute Read

Twins Are Actually Two For the Price of Two, and Other Things Moms of Multiples Want You To Know

For some reason pregnancy and motherhood open you up to all sorts of unsolicited comments and questions from complete strangers. Most of them leave…

Grief, Motherhood
November 9, 2017
5 Minute Read

When Birth Doesn’t Go As Planned

“This is your son.” The orderly rolled my bed into the hospital’s NICU and I groggily stared over at the tiny bird-like creature lying in an…

Child Loss, Grief
October 15, 2017
3 Minute Read

I’m not the Woman I was Before My Miscarriages

One out of four American women miscarry their baby. That is one fourth. A quarter. 25% I had three miscarriages. The first one happened…

Health, Infertility, Kids, Motherhood
September 15, 2017
3 Minute Read

Dear Hope Wounds

Dear Hope Wounds, You are kind of ugly. It feels like you sag to my knees. You’ve taken away my belly button. You roll over every kind of jeans,…

Journal, Relationships
September 13, 2017
7 Minute Read

My Mommy Tribe Helped Me Survive Bedrest and Beyond

When my daughter Abby was 15 months old, my Mommy friends and I competed in a 5K obstacle mud run in Galveston Beach. We wore matching army…

Homeschool, Journal, Kids
July 7, 2017
5 Minute Read

Confessions of an Exhausted Mother

I am so tired. That’s not really a confession though, is it? Because we are all tired. We have all crossed over that threshold with the hope of…

twins

To the Woman I Was Before I Had Kids, You Cannot Fathom the Beauty Ahead

Mama, You Were Meant For Twins

God Gave Me Twins

The Painful, Joyful Reality of Watching Your Twins Grow Up

Twins Are Actually Two For the Price of Two, and Other Things Moms of Multiples Want You To Know

When Birth Doesn’t Go As Planned

I’m not the Woman I was Before My Miscarriages

Dear Hope Wounds

My Mommy Tribe Helped Me Survive Bedrest and Beyond

Confessions of an Exhausted Mother

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