Love From the Beginning
A Birthday Letter to You, Mom Learning to love throughout my life has proven to be a never ending adventure. You were my first great love. You were the first one that showed me that...
Finding Your Okay
Finding that place of okay can sometimes feel like an insurmountable idea. We have all been in this position of working through grief whether it is obvious or not. A few years ago, I went...
Endless Chatter
It was just a normal visit to the dentist on a sunny afternoon, yet the ball of angst waiting in my stomach couldn’t be calmed away. I had been there just one month before for...
Sweet Summer Simplicity
Oh, how I am enjoying the sweet simplicity of summer. With every day, every moment nausea that is controlling my life it has given me the opportunity to sit back and really enjoy the summer...
A Sigh of Relief
After struggling through the better part of a work day, Thomn and I picked up S from school and headed to the doctor’s office. Half way there we realized that neither of us grabbed the...
Endless Waiting
Waiting. Forever waiting. Do any of you feel like you are always waiting for something? Sometimes being patient and anticipating something isn’t so bad. I love to have something fun to look forward to –...
A Flicker of Hope
“Don’t throw up!” The comment I made to Thomn right before the ultrasound started. The air in the room was heavy as our doctor looked just as nervous as we were feeling. Really it was...
Only Time Will Tell
Time for the honest and brutal truth. I am pregnant. I am seven weeks along today, and tomorrow we go in for an ultrasound to see if it appears to be a viable pregnancy. Thomn...
The Day the Milkweed Came
Dreaming. Wishing. Praying. Hoping. No matter your belief, each of these acts come from the same place…the very center of our heart and soul. I will never forget the day that the milkweed came to...