Wednesdays

Adam and I have dubbed Wednesday night as “my” night. The evening after Adam gets home on Wednesdays is mine to do whatever I want with it. I can go shopping, take a long bath, go for a walk, go out to eat…whatever I want; without having any “responsibility” as a mama. [...]

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Lullabies

Before the births of my children, I picked out a song that would be “their lullaby” and I would sing it to them while I laid in bed at night. After Megan was born, I used to sing it to her as I rocked her to sleep.
I never got a chance to [...]

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Perhaps

For some reason, Adam and I missed Jack A LOT today.
He would have been three months old now. I can’t even begin to explain how difficult it is to see other little babies: from newborn until about six months. Of the moms, I am so incredibly jealous, yet truthfully, also very happy [...]

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Ghost of Valentine Future

It has been eight years since Adam and I celebrated our first Valentine’s Day together.
In 2001, high school senior Adam timidly handed me a single rose as he hurried off to class. The rest, obviously, is history, but the memory of that day is VERY clear in my mind.
I can vividly [...]

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There IS a Plan

We received Jack’s autopsy last week. I wasn’t planning on putting all the details on my blog, but I decided that it would be appropriate to share a little bit.
Based on the report, it seemed as though several of the things that they thought were “wrong” with Jack, were either normal or much less [...]

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