Category: Life Posts

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Focusing on Certainty in an Uncertain Time

    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…