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I Need a Minute

Welcome to my blog! Join me as I take a minute away from my family to reflect on anything and everything in my life.

  • 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.…

    February 22, 2023
  • 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…

    January 25, 2023
  • 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…

    October 8, 2021
  • 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…

    September 29, 2021
  • 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…

    June 9, 2021
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