Once you become a parent the party days and nights out end. It’s ok because your kids become your entire world and focus. Date nights and occasional outings can be fit in here and there and are so healthy for a marriage but the less mature care free days of the past are gone. St…
Month: March 2023
Luck
Luck, fate, chance, opportunity. All similar things. What I’ve learned is that if we rethink or reframe things, our luck is a lot better than we may realize. Bad luck is getting diagnosed with breast cancer while 23 weeks pregnant. Good luck is I was able to get into treatment quickly, could undergo chemo because…
March Madness
On the eve of my favorite sporting event of the year, I have to write about the NCAA Tournament simply because I am obsessed with it and love it and everything about March Madness. Are these analogies cheesy and predictable yes? But as I say over and over again, sports mirrors life and the NCAA…
Our Rainbow After the Storm
Each one of our children has a special story of how they entered the world and our lives and Alice Harper is no different. Alice was born on Friday the 13th. She was also born at the start of the pandemic, which was a very confusing, scary and uncertain time. Because of the pandemic family…
Alice in Wonderland
Since we went to a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party today and Alice’s birthday is coming up, I figured it’s a good time to write about one of my favorite Disney characters. I’ve always loved is Alice in Wonderland. Ever since I first saw Disney movie I fell in love with the strange but fascinating adventure…
Let’s Talk About Miscarriage
Miscarriage happens to about 1 in 4 pregnancies and yet there is such a stigma and silence about talking about it. Admittedly I didn’t think much about it until I had one and then I learned just how common they are and how terrible it is to go through. Around this date four years ago,…
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Today is International Women’s Day, a chance to recognize all women have achieved and overcome. There are so many women who have paved the way for us girls and women of today. It’s hard to name some because there are so many strong and influential women who have helped break the ceiling for women. We…
Boy or Girl…It Doesn’t Matter
With March being women’s history month, this topic popped into my head since we focus on one gender this month. One of the more stressful things during my pregnancies was finding out my babies’ gender. It shouldn’t be a stress but the pressure to find out the gender and do a reveal make it this…