The steady beeping that gave me a pat of assurance with each utterance was beginning to lag. The beeps that I was attached to as proof of my daughter’s life slowed and my heart dropped lower as more time passed between each beep. Another contraction started to creep up and my surroundings felt fuzzier as the beeps slowed. Nurses began… View Post
Standing in the kitchen, going further into myself as the tasks kept coming to mind, “Get chocolate chips for the cookies, sweep the floor – or baby girl will eat that sticky thing and get sick, e-mail back Sharon, Kate and Julia, I need to wash Princesses’ leotard before gymnastics tomorrow, call Megan and see how their doctor appointment went,… View Post
January is over and while I ate pretty healthy in January, my trips to the grocery store were consistently more expensive then I estimated. I also spent WAY more time doing dishes for EVERY meal that I would’ve liked. I did not meal prep the first few weeks of 2018 like I should have. I was trying to be carefree about… View Post
I’m going to take a wild guess and say that you aren’t the same person you were at age 10, 15 or 20; I’m certainly not. People change, as is the nature of life, but people will always have their roots; the people, and experiences that helped shape them. There is a debate about what makes a person, nature or… View Post
What makes you think of love? A romantic date? A mother caring for her child? Donating to a good cause? We know it when we see it, but what is love? How do we love others? Who do we love? It’s a complex and tender topic and I definitely don’t have all the answers, but let’s explore what we can…. View Post