I Don’t Think I Can Do This

I Don’t Think I Can Do This

She was on the other side of the wall in the next room. I couldn’t hear what the nurses were saying or her husband or friends. I couldn’t hear what words her family might have spoken to assure her. I couldn’t hear the calm words of the doctor or the likely beeping of...

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When We Hope They Will Forget…

When We Hope They Will Forget…

He had worked so hard on his Lego creation. For over an hour he had sat at the kitchen table carefully piecing each block in place. I’m not sure if it slipped or if his little brother reached up and grabbed it. But the next thing I knew, it was shattered into a...

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To the Mom With the Cozy Coupe in Her Living Room

To the Mom With the Cozy Coupe in Her Living Room

There has been a red Fisher Price Cozy Coupe parked in my living room for the last five years. We bought our first little plastic car when my oldest son turned one. He enjoyed climbing inside and eating his snack and putting his drink in the cup holder in the back....

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Momma, You’re Doing Better Than You Think

Momma, You’re Doing Better Than You Think

I stood there in the middle of the elementary school crying. As she told me about what had happened on the playground, I just couldn’t help it. I couldn’t keep back the tears. I had dropped Kolton off at school this morning just like every other morning (except this...

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I Had a Miscarriage

I Had a Miscarriage

It was a simple picture posted to social media. A man sitting behind his wife with his arms wrapped around her… hands gently resting on the sides of her tummy. She wore the world’s brightest smile and a shirt that read, “Momma-To-Be.” It was how they would announce…...

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Hope After Miscarriage

Hope After Miscarriage

Hope After Miscarriage Author's Note: This post discusses the details of my miscarriage and may be sensitive for some readers. It was a cool rainy September morning just like this one. On that morning, five years ago, hope was fading and fear was taking over my heart....

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