Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
I thought McKenna would be easy to homeschool. She is very smart. She retains words quickly and she’s very inquisitive. Preschool was great and kindergarten started off great until we progressed into harder levels of reading. Guess what her favorite thing to say about homeschool is? I love school with Mommy but I don’t like […]
My friend’s husband has cancer. She has two young children and lives hundreds of miles away and things are not looking good. When I found out over the weekend that his condition worsened I was furious. How could cancer continue to take such a toll on another family? In all honesty, I would like to […]
If you give a girl a camera… she will slide off your lap forget the tight grip claiming your hand find a way to say hello behind a lens bring out the sillies capture her sister’s smile and even hand the camera to her brother but just for a moment before she takes it back and […]
They duck through clothing racks but their glances trace back again and again. In and out, in and out, coordinated tutus and perfectly ponytail-ed hair. I see their question and pretend away the difference. Concentrating on the long legs overflowing from our toddler stroller, I distract her sleepy eyes with pink fabrics and sparkly shoes. […]
I sat with the kind-natured assistant to our geneticist on Monday, detailing our medical history. The path of my life… Single parenthood. An autism diagnosis. Marriage and step-parenting. Infertility struggles. Is this really me? High risk pregnancy. Premature birth. Infant death. Is she truly checking every box? I recite heart-wrenching memories with medical precision. Speech […]
Pressing my feet into the bathmat, I hear them before the water quiets. Giggles slide under the door and mingle with the steamed air. Their is talk of shaking their booties as the music rises. Michael Jackson on a Sunday morning. A smile finally moves across my face and I decide it will be this. […]
The nurses would always stop and ask if I wanted the volume turned off. My answer, the same every time. Laying in my hospital bed, I was lulled to sleep each night by the sound of three beating hearts. Despite the constant scares of impending delivery, their rhythms gave me hope. They were very much […]
At some point last night, when my hands were more than full and no one was wearing a diaper, Parker announced that he had to go potty. As any mom who has cleaned more than her fair share of pee off the floor would do, I told him to RUN to the potty. McKenna followed […]
