One Month and the Father’s Day Hangover

One Month and the Father’s Day Hangover

All I can say is… What a week! We went into Father’s Day expecting that it would be difficult; it was Brian’s first Father’s Day and Logan had been gone for just over three weeks. What we didn’t expect, was for the following days to be difficult too. I have now dubbed...
Homecoming

Homecoming

One thing I have learned in the last three weeks is that grief does not behave as you would expect. Things that I have been anxious about and spent a lot of mental and emotional energy preparing for were not the big deal I had made them out to be… While many other...
Logan’s Birth

Logan’s Birth

I’m a funny woman… For as long as I can remember, I couldn’t wait to experience birth. I have always been enchanted with pregnancy and birth and my mother spoke so positively about her birth experiences that I couldn’t wait to experience labor and delivery myself....
DNR

DNR

I am no stranger to death. Between personal family losses and working as a nurse for the last 10 years I have attempted to thwart, seen, and touched death on numerous occasions.  I have cried for those I have lost and cried with those left behind after a loved...
Oh Old Navy

Oh Old Navy

What postpartum course would be complete without some body issues? Before, I was prepared for and excited about my postpartum body.  After all… I grew a human and was going to be nourishing him from my my ample nutrient stores.  I definitely felt huge, but I...
Gardening and What to Send With Logan

Gardening and What to Send With Logan

Over the last year and a half my life largely consisted of working full time and going to school full time so my hobbies all fell by the wayside.  Now that I find myself a new mother without her child this void is greater than I ever could have imagined.  In...