Someone took advantage of you. It’s been years, 6 even, but the pain still burns. It’s with you always. Sometimes it’s so faint, you smile and laugh and think you have a happy life. But then the present pain sparks and the flame...
Category - Mamahood
Dear New Mama Whose Marriage Is on the Rocks
The baby’s crying for the 11th time this hour. It’s 80 degrees outside and the air blowing through the open kitchen window of your 2nd floor apartment does nothing to help the heat. Supper is only 1/2 done, there’s still veggies to...
How and Why Breastfeeding Is And Always Has Been Best
This is such a controversial, mud-flinging, fire-breathing, lash-out-irrationally topic. Don’t scream at me yet, ok? Hear me out. I feel the scorching gaze of some of you already, but I’m gonna keep going. 😉 So, first off, I totally...
When Breastfeeding Sucks (Literally) and What I Did About It
The day of your first child’s birth. Beautiful. Raw. Precious. Difficult. And more than anything the most lovely, trying, learning experience you could ever begin. Veteran moms will tell you, 2 weeks. Give it two weeks. Breastfeeding...
Encouragement for When Mother’s Day Hurts More Than Ever
Mother’s Day. What does it make you think of? Flowers. Pretty pink gifts. Sweet baby hugs. Footprints in a card. Hugging tight the woman who raised you and gave everything for you. Posting on social media how blessed you are to remember the...
Healing a Bit of My Wounded Heart
Sitting here at my computer: the living room floor is strewn with toys, pillows from the couch, my Bible bag, a tote with baby’s too small clothes, and a nice layer of dog fur, and dust from another house project hubby started yesterday. I can...
Scripture for Labor
*I wrote this post the day before our little guy was born. That night we made an awesome new recipe, pizza cake, for supper and then went on a super long walk around town. Everyone, including my midwife, believes it was the pizza cake that induced...
How To Calm A Crying/Screaming Baby
1) Swaddle. Tightly. Arms down at sides. Be gentle, be firm. They WILL scream louder – keep swaddling. Do it. 2) Bounce. Turn baby on his/her side in your arms, hold body securely, let head jiggle slightly. Use an exercise ball, muscles or the...
Preparing for Baby #1
Preparing for your first baby. You need clothes, diapers (I actually didn’t have these till week 38!), an arsenal of advice/info to turn to in case you need breastfeeding help, and lots of love. Simple enough, right? If only. Getting ready for...
Pregnancy Blues (and Greens)
I have struggled with depression in the past. It’s been one of the biggest battles of my life. Even tho for the most part, it was something in my past, this pregnancy has been bringing back a lot of the old familiar feelings. Weepiness turns...
