Working moms, if your child sleeps in until you go in to get him or her in the morning and you have to wake said child up to get dressed and loaded into the car to go to daycare? Consider yourself blessed beyond belief. That is not what happens in my house. Ever. This morning…
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Better is what happens when your husband reads your blog
What would I do without y’all? I sat here at this table with my broken laptop and I cried and emotionally vomited all over you all and you wiped it off, held my hair back, and then got me a wet-nap and a toothbrush. Because that’s what friends do. (Unless you’re my friend Amanda who…
Happy Father’s Day
Dear Dan, Today is the day to celebrate you as a father and somehow I was the one to sleep in. Which is a tribute to your caring nature as much as it is to my inability to function first thing in the morning. Thank you for loving me not only as your wife but…
This isn’t a $5 t-shirt
I wrote yesterday’s post on Wednesday night while the storms were raging outside my house and in my heart and mind. Because y’all, this “decision” is a storm for me. I know that our family isn’t complete. Or at least I think I know that. I also know that I’ve taken three pregnancy tests in…
Family planning
When I was 6 days postpartum, someone said to me “Oh, you’ve got to start planning to give Joshua a little brother or sister. They’ll be best friends.” Six days. SIX. Six days after my insides had literally been removed from my body to facilitate the exit of my firstborn and then carefully (I hope)…