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“Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”
The library in my parent’s bedroom was full of books, most of them hardbacks. Sometimes they were exactly what I was expecting. In the summer of 1984 I fell for Nancy Drew and I was never...
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hȯr-ˈmō-nəl: of, relating to, or effected by hormones
I was standing in a crowd of people that all smelled a little like sweat and a lot like beer when he said “Hey, how the hell are you?” And I smiled the “Oh wow, I haven’t seen you since high school”...
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Fear
Fear seems to be a reoccurring theme with me. I’m not sure if the pregnancy induced insomnia makes me crazy on the inside or if it’s just that I have the time to dwell on the crazy I have already got....
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There is a first time for everything…
In preparing for Baby D’s birth and planning a birth at the birth center I am hoping to avoid many of the common interventions in a hospital birth. But to be plain I am trying to avoid the hospital...
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Heads or Tails?
Moody doesn’t really begin to describe it. There’s a 50/50 chance I will begin to cry every time MQD puts his arms around me lately. And since my brother is not here to say “No shit” I will chime in...
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I hate the “P” word. But sometimes it is exactly the right word.
Just because I am full of Hope and new Habits and dreams and crock pot recipes doesn’t mean I have turned my back on my demons. But last night I laid one to rest. Perhaps other people’s husbands say...
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Transition
The final stage of active labor is transition. It is the most painful. I wept and moaned and cried during labor. But during transition? In transition I got quiet. I was scared. Scared and excited about...
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On the up and up…
The upside of being down is… well, it’s the upside. You start coming back up one step at a time and before you know it you are back on top. I beat back the blues (again) simply by putting one foot in...
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