I Need a Minute

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.

Postpartum in a Pandemic – pt.1

I’ve wanted to sit down and write for a while now, but I wanted to be in the right head space to do it. Tonight, as I was taking my evening bath to wash off the smell of spit-up, I realized that I have a 2 year-old, a 7 month old, and I’m living through…

January 19, 2021
Zachary Morris Ells Jr.

On the night of May 27th, we put our Lucy girl to bed for the last time before we became a family of four. My parents arrived to stay the night. They wished us well and we said a teary goodbye. We opened the garage and our neighbors cheered for us. Zach honked the horn…

September 22, 2020
Focusing on Certainty in an Uncertain Time

I found out I was pregnant again in September. I called the doctor the next day and requested I have a blood test.The results came back and the numbers were good. Pregnancy number 4 was underway. This is considered my 4th pregnancy because of the miscarriages. I inquired about whether I should take progesterone again…

May 4, 2020
A Year in Review

Hello, all. It’s been a while. I wanted to do a recap of Lucy’s first year and have it ready by her 1st birthday, but here we are. Seventeen months have gone by. Better late than never. October 24th, 2019 Lucy turned one! Fastest year of my life. Fastest, happiest, scariest, most emotional, most rewarding…

April 10, 2020