I am one in four. These words will never change and the truth in this statement will never change. Today, on October 15th, know that there are millions of women all feeling this truth inside of their hearts. Some hold that truth close to their hearts, others like me shout it from the rooftops. In 2012 when we experienced our...
Week 16 arrived out of nowhere. As I drove to my appointment yesterday, I had a lot of time to ponder life and all that it holds for us right now. Usually Thomn and I are chatting in the car, but he wasn’t able to go yesterday, and more often than not, I am answering an onslaught of three-year-old questions. ...
Out in the fertility world and especially rampant in the cyber communities is a phrase the Two Week Wait, or more affectionately abbreviated 2WW. It is the topic of multiple pregnancy/infertility/trying to conceive discussion boards because the two week wait can be brutal. It is those two weeks in between ovulation and, fingers crossed, a positive pregnancy test. Those two...
Five years ago, Thomn and I were finalizing plans to go to Palm Springs for the weekend with a drive to Vegas for the week following our trip to California. While we were there in Palm Springs we sealed our fate for the foreseeable future and paid the tuition bill for Thomn to begin his PhD program at Colorado State...
“I miss Daddy.” The small voice of my oldest tiny human echoed through the sleepless air in my bedroom last night and it tugged so profoundly on my lonely heart. It is not often that I am solo parenting– maybe four or five times a year, so when it happens it turns our family’s life upside down. I can appreciate...
If there is one word that I have learned to really embrace and live by as a parent, it is perspective. Being a SAHM isn’t easy. Period. This is a hard job that requires endurance, endless amounts of love, and an openness that most people aren’t accustomed to. I frequently tell Thomn that I recognize that he has a challenging...
Today was not our typical kind of Sunday as we spent the better part of the afternoon and early evening in the Emergency Room with T4. We had had a great morning, the kids made pancakes with Thomn while I tried to catch some extra sleep before the craziness of the week starts again. T4 had a wonderful morning nap...
How do you begin to explain death to a two-year-old? Each and every day our two-year-old experiences such a wide swing of emotions from joy and pure elation to sadness and anger, but the thing is, these emotions usually have something within her reach to understand. Daddy is home from work, hooray! I won’t let you squeeze your brothers neck...
Hello friends. It’s been a long time since I’ve been here – almost two months. Two months that have been filled with warm summer days, cool fall nights, love, laughter, teething, and the question why (isn’t that every 2 year old’s favorite question). In all transparency, I have been so tired these last few months that it has been easier...
Last week on Wednesday, just as S and I were settling into having lunch, Thomn called me from work to tell me that we had won the lottery. The night before, we had been chatting and I told him that I was feeling lucky and I thought we should play the lotto that night. Well, sure enough, we won. No,...
