The first time I found out I was pregnant was September 10, 2011. I was on a business trip to Toronto for work and I bought a charming digital French pregnancy test that pronounced me both pregnant and "enceinte."...
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The familiar wave of nausea had hit me hard. I crawled back in bed only to find myself huddled in the bathroom once again five minutes later. I had one...
“Is Josh still a baby or is he grown up?” asks my sweet rainbow girl from the backseat.
I look at her dad, our eyes share the same sadness. “I’m not sure baby girl. I kind of hope he’s still...
Please don’t ask me when I’m having another baby.
I know I’m having fun with my friend’s chunky little infant. You know why? Because I love babies. They’re adorable and just begging to be cuddled and kissed. While I know...
Hello darling son,
I’ve often wondered how I would share about the brother and sister that came before you. I’ve wondered how I would explain that although you are the first one to come home with us there were two...
I was a mother for almost two years before I held my daughter. Though she was the first baby I held in my arms, she was not the one who made me a mother. The one who made me...
It all started as a normal day. While my daughters were preoccupied with princesses and ponies, I had this small voice telling me to take a pregnancy test. My husband and I had been hoping and praying for our...
One in four pregnancies end in loss.
That is one of the statistics that if I heard it before February 22, 2013 I must have not listened. I mean those kinds of things only happen to other people. Not to...
I wrote this blog a few months ago. But I had to put it down for awhile. Revisiting my ectopic pregnancy in too much detail still makes me tear up. I’m literally crying right now. Geez.
But no one warned...
I became a mother on April 14, 2016. In truth I had been one through the whole pregnancy, in all its brevity. But on that day, I held the tiny bodies of my first son and my daughter. And...
As I was wrapping up this blog submission, the news flashed across my screen: another school shooting. Admittedly I was taken aback, again. I was shocked, heartbroken, furious, and instantly devastated for the families involved. No matter how many...
Missing a loved one at the “most wonderful time of year” is always hard. Grief loves to squeeze into the happy moments and remind us that they could be a little happier, “if only…”
When you’ve had years of holidays...
The past 365+ days have tested me.
We celebrated the one-year anniversary of my grandfather’s death due to Alzheimer’s. I hate the word Alzheimer’s with a passion. It robbed me of the patriarch of my family.
In January, my brother -...
I could only see the ceiling tiles as they rolled me down the hallway, the lights passing in fluorescent blobs. As we turned the corners, I worked to steady my hips on the wedge holding them at an angle...
"I don't want to watch this anymore."
I said it horsely as tears welled up in my eyes. My husband quickly turned off the Netflix show that we were watching--GLOW. We were only a few episodes in and while the...
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Where to See Baby Animals This Spring in Kansas City
Spring is here and so are the baby animals! Bring the whole family for a newborn meet and greet. Learn about farm life, interact...
