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Continue reading →: Holding the Space Between
Tw: blog post discusses loss This is our fifth Christmas without our daughter, Mary-Linda. This reality shocks my system. I can’t believe it. Five Christmases. How? We actually never had a Christmas with her alive on earth. We were pregnant with her in April of 2017, she passed in Mid…
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Continue reading →: The JourneyGrief is not easy, nor is there a formula to move through it. My advice for you whether you are grieving or not, is to live your life to the fullest. Love on your family and friends a little extra. We can all use a little more love.
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Continue reading →: Be still and Hold on, friends
🌟 When the world feels too heavy and impossible, there is One who knows our burdens and wants to bear them. 🌟 When our daughter died at 18 weeks gestation, so much changed about our family. We were now a family with a daughter and sibling in heaven. We were…
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Continue reading →: Happy birthday to Me (trigger warning)Our lives and my birthday changed forever in 2017. In 2017, I was the happiest I had ever been in my 40 years on earth. I wasn’t the least bit upset to be turning forty. I was pregnant with our second daughter and fifth child. Life for us was in…
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Continue reading →: How we can support bloggers & creators- specifically this blogger & creatorOne of the lessons I learned this past year, is that I can accomplish so much more from home than I ever thought possible…BUT, I absolutely can’t do it alone! If I ever thought that we don’t need community or one another, I certainly wouldn’t think that now. I’ve always…
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Continue reading →: TW……Our detailed experience TTC after lossAfter we experienced an unexpected 2nd trimester loss, I wanted (so much) to learn from the experiences of others. Particularly, had anyone experienced a loss like mine? Had anyone gotten pregnant immediately after? Did it take a while? What interventions did they use, if any, when they got their BFP?
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Continue reading →: Honest PostOur family celebrating spring break in 2021 after navigating loss, grief, moving, a rainbow baby and more over the last 4 years
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Continue reading →: What a day. What a month. What a year!
It’s only February of 2021 and it’s already been a doozy. But, who can keep track at this point? In the latest crazy events, we got snow, sleet, ice and deep freeze temps across Texas that lasted for a few days. That, in and of itself was unusual as it…
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Continue reading →: How To Make Yummy Goodness (macaroni, mixed veggies and ground beef in Alfredo sauce)Using only 4 main ingredients, this is easily the favorite and simplest meal we created over this last year. 1 Tablespoon of olive oil Chopped white onion Kosher salt and fresh black pepper to preference 1 lb of ground beef cooked pasta of choice (I used gluten free macaroni) Cooked…
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