Category: Life Posts

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Postpartum in a Pandemic Pt. 2

    Saturday, December 19th All the tears that I felt I couldn’t release over the last few months surged to the surface. I questioned him, hoping there could be a chance it was a false positive. He assured me that false positives are very rare, plus he had symptoms. They came on hard and fast. He…