“Today I went to a baby shower. Every mother there had their own heavy story to tell, had their own bags under their eyes packed with sleeplessness and exhaustion. But all they could say or write in the card is ‘you’re going to experience the greatest love you’ve ever known…’”
“In the hustle of labor, I witnessed a moment that I will never forget. A moment that left me awe struck.”
“As an only child, I had magical thoughts and feelings about hidden worlds that were there if you just looked hard enough.”
“You’ll love your momma so much more because she gave you a sister, who is going to love you like crazy, too.”
“I had been ready for the ‘go call’ for four days now… I was exhausted and I wasn’t even the one in labor.”
“I opened up the text to see a young lady in a dress asking for an opinion on how she looked.”
“She sees me with all my selfishness. She sees me with all my self-doubt. She sees me when I do the hard thing, and when I take the short cuts.”
“What’s more exciting than pulling out your own baby if you also don’t know the sex?”
“On Friday we thought he was doing well. We still thought he had a really bad case of croup and that we may be there for only a week or so.”
“My son Rylan had been without a positive, stable father figure for 5 out of the 7 years of his life. Then Joe came along.”
