Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
I called to make our first ever Thanksgiving dinner reservation at. a. restaurant. I’m pretty sure this is illegal in some families and states. How many in your party? As I explained that three of our diners were small and a booth would be great because they just fall through/off chairs, the voice on the […]
Today is World Prematurity Awareness Day. We have so many stories to share in our home, some of defying the odds and one of wishing we could have. The triplets were born at 28 weeks and looking back at our NICU days, it’s hard to imagine them every beings so small. Last year I made […]
I recently connected with a new preemie mom through Instagram. Her twins suffered from twin to twin transfusion and, born severely premature, one has passed away while the other fights for life in the NICU. It is times like these, seeing pictures of the monitors and the tubes and those little eyes, born far too […]
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 […]
So we have two days left until the walk. I doubled the goal I set for myself last year and I’m not quite there yet. I’m in awe of the love and support from so many amazing friends and was offered one more chance to spread the word and just maybe reach my goal. […]
I owe my life, two of my pregnancies and the lives of three of my children to the funding and research behind the March of Dimes. Nothing like starting a post with a little drama huh? But it is true. I had two extremely difficult pregnancies that involved bedrest and hospital stays and expert physicians […]
Congratulations to Kimberly, the winner of a gorgeous canvas piece from Small Bird Studios!! I have the drive to win compete, I always have. Which is bizarre since I don’t have an athletic bone in my body. Add in a cause I carried close to my heart for two pregnancies, both not quiet long enough […]
The nurse put cool metal to his chest, smiling at me as his rhythms were recorded, he whispered… “Hadley is in our hearts, Mommy.” “She is honey,” I nodded, in my achingly proud voice, perfected since they began to speak her name. We sat in the beating quiet until my shy daughter spoke up. And […]
An hour deep into an endless bedtime and he was perfecting his somersault. Exhausted and yearning for five minutes of quiet, I gave up and let him play until his never-ending energy ran out a bit more. He moved his circus act to my computer chair and insisted on a “Baby Movie.” My sigh was […]
I used to think that my parenting depended on the baby books I read. Whether I rocked my children to sleep or gave them vegetables with every meal would depend on an extensive amount of mommy-research. But really? The mother I am has nothing to do with the books I have or haven’t read. Layers […]
