Motherhood

I love a good commercial. I am typically the girl who gets the strange looks because instead of asking about a particular television show, I am asking if you saw a certain commercial. Weird, I know, but stick with...

I have had the ability to view life through various lenses. We all have. I was able to see life through the lens of childhood, through the lens of a college student, sorority girl, grad student, anxiety sufferer, etc.,...

While many of us are decking the halls in preparation for the holiday season, some families are preparing for silent nights as they will spend the holiday without their newest additions at home. Instead, their babies will be spending...

I'm at the very end of baby-making and am staring down the narrow canal of the birthing process. All this is made just a bit more intimidating and unsure thanks to the gestational diabetes diagnosis I've been wrangling...

Yes, our second pregnancy was planned; it was not an oops quarantine baby, but we did not expect the twin part. Now that I'm almost to the end of my second and final pregnancy, I look back and can...

The first few days were nothing but panic, self-recriminations, and even more panic. Now, with over a month of Gestational Diabetes experience under the ever-widening belt, there is largely a sense of resignation tinging my panic. I've spent weeks attempting...

I am always jealous of the women who gain only the recommended 15 to 20 pounds during pregnancy, have their baby, and are back to their pre-pregnancy bodies after a week. That is definitely not me. When I am...

Dear expecting mama, Speak up, speak out, and ask questions. After giving birth to my first child, I am now confident to speak up during the labor of my twins if I have a feeling something is not right. We did...

Nothing is better than driving to clear the mind. Coupled with the need for adventure and a free Sabbath rest day, I headed out with the kids to Bald River Falls in the Cherokee National Forest. On a map, the...

Back in early spring, I saw some jokes about babies being made in 2020 thanks to all the sheltering going on. Lots of people took that as advice, apparently, because I now know eight couples who will be welcoming...