I don’t usually do diary-like entries on my blog. After all, that’s what a diary is for. But I have decided to chronicle my Mother’s Day this year. Mostly because of my preggo-brain. But because when June arrives and I begin to think about Father’s Day I will be hormonal, uncomfortable, […]
Today is a good day (see all the posts), but lately I have had such difficulty thinking, much less putting my thoughts into language. Just the other day I told my husband to “get the thing, in the thing, by the thing.” I finally gave up and just got the ‘thing’ myself.
So I […]
I heard it when I got pregnant with my son, “you will never finish his baby book”, “you will have no pictures of him”, “its amazing how it isn’t as exciting with your second”.
Its true. I didn’t make-up meanings to the coos and aaah he uttered. I just figured he was practicing using […]
This happened a few weeks ago. On a Saturday. A lazy Saturday.
The kids were playing nicely and quietly in my son’s bedroom. I was relieved. I’m pregnant and that meant I could lay on the couch and relax a bit longer, maybe catch a bit of last night’s tv shows. […]
I talked to my sister-in-law last night. She is 9 weeks pregnant now. When I spoke to her a few weeks ago after her ultrasound and I would ask her about her symptoms she would say, “not too bad, its all worth it in the end”. I was so annoyed by her I-had-better-not-complain-attitude that […]
I lost my twins at 18 weeks due to a twin related condition. In the first few months after my loss I cautioned newly pregnant ladies with twins that they may not stay pregnant with twins and that “something” could happen. I did this for two reasons: I felt like I would have […]
By Jody Seilheimer
Dear Mr. Hallmark,
I am writing to you from heaven,
and though it must appear
A rather strange idea,
I see everything from here.
I just popped in to visit,
your stores to find a card
A card of love for my mother,
as this day for her is hard.
There must be some mistake I thought,
I […]
I thought of you and closed my eyes
And prayed to God today
I asked “What makes a Mother?”
And I know I heard Him say.
“A Mother has a baby”
This we know is true
“But God can you be a Mother,
When your baby’s not with you?”
“Yes, you can,” He replied
With confidence in His voice
“I give many women babies,
When they […]