A Story With a Rainbow at the End

A Story With a Rainbow at the End

When you lose a baby, there is this shadow. There is this darkness you inherit. Sometimes it fades into the background of your life, but sometimes, it does come back. When I got a positive pregnancy test on June 7th, I bit my lip hard between my teeth and held it there while I stared into […]

The Completely Long-winded Baby Registry Checklist

The Completely Long-winded Baby Registry Checklist

You’re expecting. YAY! Getting prepared for baby’s arrival is mostly exciting and a tad overwhelming, filled with decorating the nursery, reading all those “what to expect” books (or not reading them), and mentally wrapping your mind around what parenthood will bring. But you know what you can’t prepare for? Getting a heck of a lot of […]

The Good, Bad, and Ugly New Parent

The Good, Bad, and Ugly New Parent

I’ve only been a parent for about 6 months. I’ve been caring for a life that is not my own for just half a year. My younger self would say Meh, that’s not very long. Ohhh but it is. It’s very long. You see: if you measure time in days, 6 months is really not very long. But if you […]