Category Archives: worry
Behind the Curtain of Motherhood
After having my second baby girl, I expected to love her immediately, just as I had with my first. I knew in my head that love would multiply as our family grew from three to four, but I was both surprised … Continue reading
Baby #2 Birth Day
My baby girl is nearly six weeks old, and I can hardly believe that much time has passed. The first three weeks after she was born felt like one of the longest days ever, a slow-motion yawn. Now that I’m … Continue reading
RELEASE Fear, Embrace Joy
Today, I’m writing with the Five Minute Friday community writing group, and this week’s word is RELEASE. If you’d like to join in, the linkup is here. I admit, I am a bit of a control freak. Since becoming a mother, … Continue reading
Adjusting to life after Baby #2
Our newest baby girl is now 18 days old and life has been radically changed. For the first two weeks, my head was in a haze, a dark thick fog in which I was not quite present. We were up … Continue reading
Five Minute Friday: REGRET no more
Today, I’m writing with the Five Minute Friday community writing group, and this week’s word is Regret. If you’d like to join in, the linkup is here. As humans, we all probably have borne our share of regret. Regret that we … Continue reading
Love and Grace Times Two
“Every pregnancy is different,” so I’ve heard, and have now experienced. When pregnant with my first baby, everything was new and exciting, curious and magical, and also terrifying. Now 38 weeks into my second pregnancy, I sure don’t remember being … Continue reading
Familiar Fears
Today I’m linking up with the Five Minute Friday community, writing for five minutes on a given prompt. This week’s word is FAMILIAR. Yesterday, I allowed myself to get sucked in to fear. I got pulled into some shockingly high … Continue reading
Fear and Strangers
Often, we don’t know we are in a dark cloud until we come out of it and are able to look back. Fifteen years ago, I was on Accutaine for my cystic acne. It was the only thing that cleared … Continue reading
Critical Times
Last month, when I brought my two-month-old baby girl to her doctor’s appointment, I knew she was going to have a few shots to kick-start her immunizations. Thankfully, my sister Erin was in town so she was able to come … Continue reading
Tiny worries
On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, life as I knew it changed. The night before, I had woken up in the middle of the night so nauseous that I had to throw up even though I didn’t feel remotely sick. Mike, … Continue reading
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