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Julee Wilson
Jun 9, 20222 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Journal Entry 4
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...
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Julee Wilson
Jun 3, 20223 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Special Post
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...
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Julee Wilson
May 26, 20221 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Journal Entry 3
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...
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Julee Wilson
May 19, 20222 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Journal Entry 2
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...
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Julee Wilson
May 12, 20222 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Journal Entry Series 1
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...
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Julee Wilson
May 6, 20223 min read
The Power of Prayer
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...
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Julee Wilson
Apr 14, 20223 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Episode 12, Part 2
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!...
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Julee Wilson
Apr 7, 20225 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Episode 12
Time for the next installment of my memoir, A Thousand Reasons Why! My now new daily routine consisted of pumping every 3-4 hours,...
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Julee Wilson
Apr 1, 20221 min read
Coffee
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,...
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Julee Wilson
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Why Pooh?
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? ...
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Julee Wilson
Mar 25, 20221 min read
Spring - Five Minute Friday
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...
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Julee Wilson
Mar 18, 20221 min read
Serving our Sisters
On Instagram yesterday: Earlier this week on the Chasing Marbles Podcast, I finished up my conversation with Heather Faria about our...
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Julee Wilson
Mar 18, 20221 min read
Easy
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...
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Julee Wilson
Mar 11, 20223 min read
The New Normal
On the podcast this week, My guest and dear friend, Heather Faria, and I discussed our experiences with having a preemie and navigating...
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Julee Wilson
Mar 11, 20221 min read
Heavy
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,...
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Julee Wilson
Feb 24, 20224 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Episode 11
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...
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Julee Wilson
Feb 17, 20223 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Part 10 (Part 2!)
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...
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Julee Wilson
Jan 13, 20224 min read
Thousand reasons Thursdays, Part 10 (Part 1 revised) and To Be Continued next week!!
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...
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Julee Wilson
Dec 30, 20211 min read
Thousand Reasons Thursdays - Happy New Year!
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...
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Julee Wilson
Dec 23, 20212 min read
Christmas in Confinement
My eyes slowly opened to the nurse quietly checking the printout of the contraction monitor. She noticed I was awake and gently and...
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