Mother's Day Collection is Here!

One of the nurses in the NICU saw me writing in Paxton's journal one day and suggested I leave by his bedside for the evening and...

Today is my dad's birthday. He would be 82 today. He's been gone for 6 1/2 years but it only feels like 6 1/2 months. I am so grateful...

Good news can come in so many different ways - in big moments and little moments. 4/27/99 [Me] Yay! Today we finally get to go into an...

One of the "rules of thumb" for preemies is that they usually get to go home either by reaching 5 lbs or by their original due date. We...

While I was tending to Paxton in the hospital, I decided to record everything that was happening in a journal, written to him, so he...

Today is National Day of Prayer so I’m backing up in time in this series to when I was in the hospital and very depressed about my...

See these cute friends? They were our son’s first Easter gifts! One is the tiniest bunny that my mom found - because Paxton was so tiny!...

Time for the next installment of my memoir, A Thousand Reasons Why! My now new daily routine consisted of pumping every 3-4 hours,...

I only had a few minutes. I typed in the link to the coffee company my husband wanted to try. We’re so different. He likes strong,...

You may have seen this lovable, well-known bear pop up on many a post for my memoir, but do you know why he is so significant? ...

Springtime has sprung! I thought to myself as looked out onto the little pods of leaves pushing out from the dry, old branch. I could...

On Instagram yesterday: Earlier this week on the Chasing Marbles Podcast, I finished up my conversation with Heather Faria about our...

It seemed so easy. In my mind I knew what I wanted to paint. I had the actual picture right in front of me. I could visualize the...

On the podcast this week, My guest and dear friend, Heather Faria, and I discussed our experiences with having a preemie and navigating...

The heavy rain pounded the newly-sprouted shoots until they looked like they had wilted and died. The gentle stream that ran by the old,...

Here's an excerpt from the first time we got to meet and interact with Paxton: Three hours later, Casey came back in to see if I was...

Thank you for your patience! I apologize for keeping you all in suspense for so long! I wanted to post this last month for our son’s...

Another day in the life of a bedridden pregnant woman began in the very same way it had begun for the last 43 days. I passed the morning...

I wish everyone a very happy and prosperous new year!! Here’s a little pargraph from A Thousand Reasons Why about New Year’s 1999 in the...

My eyes slowly opened to the nurse quietly checking the printout of the contraction monitor. She noticed I was awake and gently and...