Anyone who grew up when the Goosebumps series ran rampant must surely remember the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books–novels that allowed you, the reader, to make a decision at certain junctures in the story that would lead to different outcomes. As any avid reader probably did, I always had to find out ALL the adventure …
(Picture from when I was pregnant with Raven) I feel like I need to start off this post with a whole bunch of disclaimers: I’m not sure I’ll even publish this. I know I have nothing to complain about compared to many women who so desperately want a child and don’t even have …
Three and a half years ago, I wrote a post all about how my feelings were finally starting to change around the whole idea of motherhood. In that post, I alluded to the fact that I’d never been baby hungry, and that though I knew that I eventually wanted to be a mom, I was …
In the hustle of each day, I don’t always take time out to think about my goals as a mother, as a wife, as a friend. Often, I’m just so preoccupied trying to feel like I’m keeping up that I forget to look up and make sure I’m headed in the right direction. I’m …
Dear Raven, Two years ago, in the purple darkness of the morning just before the dawn broke, I was in the throes of labor, exhausted from a night of focused relaxation against the intense pressure of the laboring process. But I knew you were close, and I gained heart as the doctor told me …
Before I go into any other thoughts I had today, I wanted to thank everyone who has sent love and support and prayers our way since I posted about our miscarriage. While it’s still not the path we wanted, we feel very fortunate to be surrounded by so many people both in “real life” …
I mentioned in yesterday’s post that it had been a weekend of both loss and celebration for us, but I hadn’t mentioned another loss that we sustained (in addition to the passing of Matt’s grandma)— The loss of my pregnancy. It seems awfully hard that the first news that most of you hear about my …
While I’ve been pretty good about blogging three times a week for many months now, there are still many, many things I don’t include here on the blog. Sometimes I don’t include some events because they’re too mundane (like us eating leftover homemade mac & cheese for lunch today for about the 3rd time …
