Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
Mindless reality television paired with a glass of wine is my favorite way to wind down from the day because what better way to forget your own Crazy than to watch someone else’s? So when this new show “Ready for Love” came out I settled in with my wine and twitter, expecting to fill the […]
The nurses always asked if I would rather hold them one at a time or maybe shift one to the other arm to make it easier. I would snuggle them in a bit more, remembering how long they were together and how quickly they were apart. Willing the bond of multiples to work its magic, […]
I have always loved words. I have a quote addiction that is fairly noticeable to anyone who follows me on Pinterest. But even before Pinterest I was a quote junkie. With stars in my eyes, I would send my soon-to-be husband quotes at the end of our emails and even if he didn’t share my […]
I read a powerful post last week from the ever-insightful Vikki of Up Popped a Fox on the criticism over Jodi Foster’s acknowledgement of her sexuality at the Golden Globes. My children are sitting atop the rock I live under, watching Nick Jr 24/7, so I had no idea of the controversy. I have a very […]
We laced our hands together at bedtime and she asked, as she does so often, about “the baby hospital.” Where was your bed Mommy? Did you only sleep when I sleeped? I realized something I never had before. She thought I never left. Those agonizing months of saying goodnight to my babies in the NICU […]
2012 marked five years of blogging for me. It was my first year where I took my writing outside of this space to new places like SheKnows, Childswork and Still Standing Magazine. Writing is healing and breathing and freeing for me and I couldn’t imagine doing anything less with those hours I squeeze into my […]
Hoping Santa is good to you this year! Merry Christmas from our family to yours. ———————— Need some fun things to do over the break? Try my favorite indoor activities over at Childswork. Trying to get through the holidays with grief? I’ve written about ways I cope at Still Standing Magazine.
Something about little girl dresses leaves me starry-eyed and tilting my head and missing my girls who were little just a few days ago and missing my girl who will never be big at all. Even if I hadn’t lost a daughter I think it would still be hard for me to part with the […]
I was a single mom for eight years. Spending most of my twenties dreaming of the perfect husband, my mind created this magical guy who would swoop in and complete my days. I knew exactly what I wanted… someone who loves me to pieces and holds me together when those pieces fall someone who is […]
We drove to our first day of preschool this morning on a dirt road, stuck behind a tractor, going one mile an hour. It kicked rocks and mud back at my van and trees blocked the sun. We would be late. My little Sawyer, my baby, kept saying, “I see the light at the end […]
