Dear Corrie, I confess, I didn’t want to sit down and write this tonight. I didn’t want to sit down and think about how, in just a few hours, you will be four. I don’t want to think about this race you are on to being a big girl, to doing things “all by myself” like making your bed and getting Continue Reading
THREE
THREE. It feels like so much more than that. I look at my first baby and I don't see a baby anymore. When Facebook kindly sends me memories of a year or two ago I can't believe the difference. Those chubby cheeks are thinning out. Those legs and arms that used to Continue Reading
5 Months of Evangeline
The day came and went and I almost missed it. I was tossing and turning as has been usual as of late, and at about 11:45 PM it hit me- "Eva turned 5 months today!" That was last Thursday. I felt sad that I hadn't thought of it until that point of the day. Although, it's not like we would have Continue Reading
The Value of Shock Value
I remember in my days as a college athlete seeing the screen saver pictures on my athletic trainer's computer. Various shots of people at the moment of injury flashed across the screen. Broken bones, feet or legs pointing in the opposite direction of where they should go, fascinating stuff to an Continue Reading