before i continue with my journey breastfeeding, i have to reflect on how i got here. đź’« i don't believe my mom nursed me very long after i was born. as we all know, nursing is full of different sacrifices and it just doesn't work out for some mamas. so my knowledge of breastfeeding was [...]
i never really thought about breastfeeding before becoming a mom. i knew i wanted to do it, but that was about as far i went. đź’« when Stone was born, and the nurse put him on my chest, i watched him root around for seconds before finding his food. i was in complete amazement. that [...]
If you've ever heard someone share publicly on social media about their miscarriage, they usually will include a line like "women don't talk about this enough." I agree - the pain of a miscarriage and the experience of it can be so incredibly shocking and private and sensitive, that a woman would much rather experience [...]
✨FLASHBACK✨ I woke up as early as I could, you know, because that first trip to the bathroom is perfect for testing. I sat there, blurry eyed and excited, setting my timer for the exact time. I put the test face down on the side of the tub; I didn’t wanna cheat a look, you [...]
i know what you're thinking. i'm a mom now. everything i do revolves around my kid. oh, and before that, i was a newlywed. everything i did revolved around my husband. OH, and before that, I was the quintessential single girl. everything i did revolved around my journey to wait for said husband. i could [...]
“I was leaving midwifery behind but Nonnatus House was where my family lived. And I would love it forever. My time there shaped me, as it shaped every life it touched.” Call The Midwife January 2018 was long. I was a brand new mom, spending my days nursing my newborn. My resting place was the [...]
Yesterday, November 28, would be the start of my second trimester. Instead, we are reluctantly navigating the sorrow of a miscarriage. I remember the day I found out I was pregnant. We had been trying to grow our family for a few months. The first month you try, you have so much hope. The second month, [...]
last week was CRAZY! i crammed four days of work into two days of work and then we loaded up the car to head to texas for G's brother's wedding. well, because we had to move fast and take care of a lot of things before heading out of town, we miscalculated our timing to [...]
this weekend at church the message is about "the single family." i've been married to grant for 5 short months, so honestly my life has been spent more single than not. y'all know i'm passionate about what a single person is capable of - what a single person can experience during this season, bc that [...]
i bow my knees to our great God. i hope you can share in the joy of this part of our story. if you read my latest blog, i told you a little about the gifts we exchanged on our wedding day. here's more about the journal i started writing to grant when i was [...]
