Life Before Illness “My husband and I have always said we were meant to meet. It was the spring semester of our freshman year of
“It was the end of our getaway weekend. Galen, my best friend of almost 17 years, and I started dating in high school, even going
“My story… Our story… I’ve told it in bits and pieces, wrote parts in a hundred scattered places, and lived it a thousand times over.
“That moment when the test says ‘pregnant,’ your child’s life, your life, plays out in your head. I had nine long months to imagine the
Pregnancy “When I was younger, I never really imagined myself being a mom before 40. Honestly, I didn’t know if it was something that was
“Our story started almost twenty-four years ago. I was two years old and he was three. His Godmother, one of my mom’s good friends, was
“March 30, 2021 was the second best day of our lives. The first best day was the day his big brother Graham Was born .
“I always thought getting pregnant and carrying a baby was going to be easy. Millions of women have gone through it. Pictures of glowing, happy
“‘You know if you would stop eating all those donuts and Frappuccino’s, you would stop gaining weight.’ As a teen, I was put on birth
“’She’s just a nervous child.’ The words still burn through my mind. I fully admit I was a nervous child. I bit my nails and