“Dear Baby I Never Met, I never got to see your face, but I’ve imagined it more times than I could count. I was never
Category: Story
“To the other adults in the room this is fine. A grown man looms behind my 3-year-old daughter. Occasionally he will poke or tickle her
“The word ‘acne’ was never part of my vocabulary, nor do I recall hearing the word, until I was impacted by this chronic skin condition
“My now-husband, Chayd, and I were high school sweethearts who had just graduated together the year before. We were young, in love, and set to
“I thought June 8, 2018, would have been the worst day of my life – that was the day the ER doctor pulled the curtain,
“I have always been a planner. A few months after my husband and I got married, we decided to start trying for a baby. After
“We went to Olive Garden a few days before Tommy’s surgery. We had an amazing server who played well with our children when we warned
“When I tell other mamas that I have 5 kids who were all out of diapers by walking, and that I haven’t had to potty
“I remember my knees buckling and melting into my dad’s arms, screaming. There was just no way the words my dad just spoke could even
“I am a mother to 8-year-old twin boys, Oliver and Wiley. I am bound to this identity the same as I am wife, doctor, daughter,