An Uncanny Peace
I'm not really sure how to start this one. My previous post, lessons, described the season I have been in this fall/winter. This past Friday and Saturday were mangled from one frustrating event to...
View ArticleLiving in the Question Mark
I'm pretty sure no one reads this thing, especially since I haven't blogged in seven months. Things have changed in my life in such a way that I don't feel as free to be as vulnerable as I usually am...
View ArticleIt's been a while.....
It has been exactly a year since I last blogged. Long time! I have started 7 blogs since then but didn't have the inspiration to finish or publish them. 2007 has been an interesting year. A lot has...
View ArticleGod is moving. Insert Fear.
It's late. I'm tired. It's been forever again since I last wrote on here. I have been thinking some lately about writing a new blog. Today however, it has pressed more on my heart, so while I have the...
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Transition, Transition, Transition......
I guess transition is just a part of life. Sigh. I'm a little tired of it. Some of it is fun and exciting, some of it is scary and unknown, and some of it is just down right frustrating and exhausting....
View ArticleMeanderings
Ya know, I usually literally start like three blogs and never finish them before I actually post one. I wish it came easier to me, but alas it does not. I am working on one called "Finding My...
View ArticleRandom
So since I need a little humor in my life from being overworked, uncertain, and because I've started four blogs and just don't have the inspiration to finish any of them, I'm posting some of my...
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Seeing (RED)
Literally:Figuratively:I have been thinking about this over the past few days, and each time my blood pressure goes up a little. I know there are a lot of other (RED) products out there, but I'm going...
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Yay for Christmas Time!
Hello friends. Christmas is right around the corner. I hope everyone hasn't waited until the last minute like me to get all of your shopping and preparations done. I have a small problem with...
View ArticleLove that Transcends Logic
*This is an old myspace post I decided to put on my "official blog."As a child of Christ, we are loved by God. Yeah yeah, you know it, I know it. We know it. But do we? Are we radically changed and...
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cream filled heaven
I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but I love to bake. I mostly bake cupcakes, but I love to bake any kind of confection goodness. I recently took a cupcake class at our local community...
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we're expecting!
On April 19th I woke up and had a hunch that maybe I should take a pregnancy test. We weren't trying, but we weren't preventing either. However, after two years of this, I didn't really think I could...
View Articledear liam - four weeks
My sweet boy,Happy four weeks! I have always heard other parents talk about how fast time flies after they have a baby, and I'm experiencing first hand how true it is. You are growing so fast and are...
View Articledear liam - sixteen weeks
Liam,You will be 17 weeks tomorrow, so I am just barely getting this in. A lot has happened since I last wrote you 12 weeks ago. I started back to work and Mrs. Kirstin has been keeping you. You...
View Articlebirth matters
I have done a lot of processing and grieving of my birth experience. I know most people don't get it, and that's OK. I'm grateful to have a handful of people in my life who get it, who understand the...
View Articlea sacred & hard season
I have had a heightened sense since my son was born just how sacred and fleeting these days are. Some days more than others, but I feel the season of being a mommy to a baby Liam slipping away like...
View Articlebreastfeeding: a labor of love
Like my birth experience where I assumed a natural birth outside of a hospital would be no question (birth story to come eventually) I assumed I would be able to breastfeed no problem. Well at least...
View Articlea little house keeping
Welcome to the dusted off, new and improved old blog of mine. After reaching out to the lovely Audrey at Stuff Audrey Says about some redesign and rebranding, I decided to combine this blog with my...
View Articleto everything there is a season: turn, turn, turn
Spring and summer are usually my favorite times of the year. The first signs of spring waking from its winter slumber are magical to me. Everything feels fresh and new. Possibilities seems endless and...
View Articlebreast milk sharing: it takes a village
Regardless of how one feeds their baby, it is a lot of work. Sometimes we choose how our baby is fed. Sometimes we don't. I only exclusively breastfed Liam for 5 days. When it became clear I wasn't...
View Articleguest blogging at Homebirth Cesarean Interational
I am guest blogging today at Homebirth Cesarean International. I wrote an Open Letter to the Natural Birth Community. It's something I had been thinking about for a while, and I am thankful for the...
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the thing with babies
Can I have this tiny baby back for just one more day? He seems giant now. Nine months and counting the fun has just begun!If I could have newborn Liam again for one more day I know with certainty what...
View Articlein the weeds
I wrote this back in September, and I just want to reach back in time and give myself a hug. Things just a few short months later are so much easier. I know I will need this reminder again when the...
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every child
These boys. They color my world.Liam is 20 months and we marvel at the new things he does and says. His vocabulary is quite extensive, and he repeats new words everyday. We have to be careful what we...
View ArticleTired
I know it will get better but today is hard.I know something better will come but today I grieve what wasn't.I know one day I will miss the beauty that comes with the chaos but today I'm counting down...
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