1 pound 8.6 ounces to 3 pounds 9.8 ounces ...beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. -Isaiah 61 … [Read more...] about Let's see how far we've come
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Chills
Thank you. For love. For prayers. For hope. And for reminding me. I received an email today reminding me of this post that I wrote nearly a year ago to the day. I'd forgotten, with time's passing the penning of that dream, but I remember it vividly now. Tears pooled in my eyes as … [Read more...] about Chills
Hold not your peace at my tears
On Saturday night, one hour before I got the phone call that Scarlette could no longer nurse, I was at Babies R Us buying a Boppy. Because, you know, nursing was going so well. Today it sits unopened in the corner of her still unfinished nursery, where it will remain for the next ten days. Ten days. … [Read more...] about Hold not your peace at my tears
Love.
Love never fails. 1 Corinthians 13:8 … [Read more...] about Love.
Five For Friday | I don't know what day it is
(They took off her tubes/tape for cleaning so I snapped some pictures! She looks just like her daddy!) 1) Jeff is freaking out watching a birth video on TLC. This is the same man who walked the wrong way around the curtain during my c-section and was totally not phased by seeing lots of things no … [Read more...] about Five For Friday | I don't know what day it is
The gift of story
I have a few other things I wanted to share with you. I was incredibly honored that Blogher asked me to allow them to syndicate this post about Scarlette. If anything, writing through this process has been very good for me. Some things I share here and some things remain buried deep in my journal, … [Read more...] about The gift of story
