She ordered extra powdered sugar for her waffle. As if I needed one more reason to love her. We met her for brunch in the middle of America, surrounded by the perfect small town that would be our daughter's birthplace. Six weeks earlier, we had no idea the other one even existed. Today we were learning about each other over waffles, beginning to comprehend that this event happening in 4 months would connect us for the rest of our lives. We talked about our hopes for the baby in her belly. We ... View the Post
Along Came Molly. Part 1
January. We let it sink in. The decision we'd just made. The words we'd just spoken had been thrown about in our own heads, wrestled to exhaustion more and more often over the last year. But they'd never been uttered aloud with any finality. That they were finally pulled forth from our heads and tumbled out audibly- with intention-was a sign that it was time for the conversation. "I'm ready to think about when we should stop." "It's probably time. It shouldn't be this ridiculously hard. ... View the Post
Stuff and Junk.
Hey Hey Hey. Where is the person who used to throw words in this white space? And what happened to her blog? Dearies-it's been a while. Life, man, life. I started typing in this space when we brought our blue eyed kid home from the hospital-having no idea what Life After the NICU would look like. I filled up the blog with antics, pontifications on rookie parenting and lots of stories and interpretation of my perspective about the first years of raising our former 24 weeker preemie. For me-it ... View the Post
It is well-er with my soul.
I don't write in this space as often as I once did. Life, man, life. But today, I have the flu! Wait-that didn't transition as well as I thought it would. For real though, things are looking up- I just popped my 3rd Tamiflu and I've got some time to catch up in this space. My sweet husband-turned-nurse has set me up in quarantine in our bedroom with an appropriate bag of snacks that include mini Chips Ahoy and Nilla Wafers (have mercy, I love that man) which means I can finally finish this ... View the Post
Lamentations: The Greatest Hits
Lam-en-ta-tion. (noun) The passionate expression of grief or sorrow. Yep. We should be on a plane. Right now, at this very moment, we should be in row 16 middle and window seat. We bought the tickets, upgraded the seats for Darrin's extra long legs, rented the car, booked the hotel. I had a gift, a whole little package for her. A package of all the stuff you would take to the hospital when "it's time"-a robe, pjs, snacks-her favorite was Almond Joy. I was going to surprise her with it this ... View the Post
On Waiting.
"Hi guys, just wanted to let you know that the birthmom chose another family." It stung less when we were earlier in the process. Back when we thought we would be matched quickly and when adoption seemed more rainbow and less disappointments. After all, our profile book is ADORABLE. Smiling, laughing, Disney pictures, family pictures, vacation pictures, reading books, baking cookies-all things that should scream-We're Cool! We're fun-loving! We are great parents! For the love of Free Willy ... View the Post
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