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Life with Three
We are eight months in living a life with 3 children ages 4 and under. I write this coming off of a week and a half of all 3 being sick at once. They’ve been sick a lot this fall/winter, but it’s been in shifts. This time all 3 had colds at the same time.…
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Peter Jonathan Ells
Where do I begin, well I got pregnant again in October of 2021. A second pregnancy during the ongoing global pandemic. Just when I thought the anxiety and fear of a crazy virus would hold us back from having another. Oops, we did it again! The winter of 2021 felt long. Christmas weekend was spent…
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When the Waves Crashed Down on Me
When the waves crashed down on me, my breath escaped me. Desperate, I gasped and reached for the surface. For much of my life, I had coasted through unscathed.I worked hard. I enjoyed my time. I fell in love. I got married. Our love overflowed and created endless possibilities. First pregnancy. Tears of joy. Ready…
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Postpartum in a Pandemic Pt. 3
The start of 2021 was spent calming ourselves down from when Dad had Covid. The raw emotion I felt during that time still resurfaces from time to time. He is fully recovered at this point. It did take him quite a few months to regain energy etc. It’s hard to believe that all happened less…
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In Mom-Mom’s Arms
My Mom is the most self-less, generous person in my life. She is a Mother of five children, the Grandmother of 13, and a Mother figure to countless others. Now that I am a Mother, I finally understand a lot of what she has been talking about over the years. She told me I would…