Ahh, parenthood. Mom life. The good life. I’m blessed. My husband and I are in couples counseling. Again. Yep, that’s right, and it’s great. First of all, we as individuals have always been fully committed to being our best possible selves. We did couples counseling before getting pregnant to work hard on breaking cycles. ThenContinue reading “Mom Life”
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4 weeks & baby girl finally latched
Literally shed tears of relief. Today my baby girl finally latched for the first time without a nipple shield. You have no idea how huge this is. We have been working HARD for weeks to breastfeed her through the challenge of her tongue and lip ties. We’ve been feeding her every 3 hours, getting noContinue reading “4 weeks & baby girl finally latched”
Shoutout to my amazing husband
My husband is genuinely one of the best people I know and every day I give thanks that I get to go through life with him. There’s so much more I could say but I had to give a shoutout to my partner because I’m so blessed and he deserves the world. Now, let’s haveContinue reading “Shoutout to my amazing husband”
5 years since Daisy was killed.
It was 5 years ago today. And I still feel so much anger and hatred and grief. Daisy was my soul dog. She was my baby and the love I had for her in that one year together is immeasurable. No matter how much time passes, it will never be okay. It will never everContinue reading “5 years since Daisy was killed.”
One of my students died.
Over spring break, one of my students passed away. It was unexpected and while they aren’t sharing what happened, I hope this student is at peace. I’m processing and still in shock. My heart is shattered for the student’s family. Specifically their mom right now. This morning, we had an ultrasound and I found outContinue reading “One of my students died.”
One year ago we found out I was pregnant with the baby we lost
Thursday, March 14, 2024 As my current pregnancy with our rainbow baby comes to its close in a few short months, I’m feeling a lot for the one we lost. It’s bittersweet, because the reality is and forever will be that this beautiful girl I carry inside me now would not exist without the lossContinue reading “One year ago we found out I was pregnant with the baby we lost”
Privacy & Safety as a survivor of DV
I survived domestic abuse and then left my home state of Illinois to get away from my abuser. He had been driving around trying to find me, threatening to come find me, and then ultimately was charged & convicted with violating my order of protection for it. So I left Illinois for my safety. ThenContinue reading “Privacy & Safety as a survivor of DV”
The supplies from the day he killed Kirby.
I’ve held onto the supplies from the day Mathew Berry tortured and killed my dog Kirby for almost five years now. And now, today, just now, I said goodbye to them and threw them away. I said goodbye to the choke collar he used to torture Kirby. The one where that morning, he saw itContinue reading “The supplies from the day he killed Kirby.”
a health update on my dog: he had a tumor
My dog Joey is my baby. I kind of relate him to Daisy in that they just are/were/forever will be my absolute babies and soul pups. I mean, look at that face, do ya blame me?? At the beginning of January, I noticed Joey had a bump growing on the left side of his head,Continue reading “a health update on my dog: he had a tumor”
This pregnancy is hard
I’m sitting here writing this as I’m halfway through my 3 hour glucose test, feeling like I might pass out, so if this post stops halfway through you’ll know why. I took the 26 week glucose test last weekend. They had to poke my arm in 2 places for all the blood work. I mentionContinue reading “This pregnancy is hard”
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