The night of Calvin's birthday, my sister-in-law's blood pressure was high. The day before there was protein in her urine. Many of you already know what this means: pre-eclampsia. My SIL, Claire, also Continue Reading »
the ugly cry
you know the kind. the kind that fills your entire body and wracks it with sobs. the kind that fills the silence of morning and mourning as primal, gutteral cries force their way through your gasps Continue Reading »
Looking back, so I can face forward
I've been meaning to share my plans/hopes/desires for 2011, because that's what you do at the beginning of the year, right? I don't it's really so much that the advancing of a year holds special power Continue Reading »
The 5th Belongs to Calvin: Calvin’s Song
Dear baby, I need you to know it's all right, though I still cry for you. I am broken, but I'm broken by love. And I'd rather live in pieces than to have lived without you. (You are my light.) And I Continue Reading »
Written in weakness –
(a letter of desperation while counting down the months to infertility) Dear God, Thank you for blessing us with our two babies. I love them with all my heart. I know that, with You, they are Continue Reading »
Almost-Wordless Wednesday – Thank you, Izzie.
I just received this beautiful gift from a wonderful friend and fellow babyloss mama, who recently had her rainbow baby girl. Thank you, Izzie. I am truly blessed in this brokenness of being without Continue Reading »
Threads of Hope, Pieces of Joy: Lesson 9 – Finding Joy
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13. In the beginning of this lesson we read in Ezra about the Continue Reading »
Update on Raquel and Baby Kimora (with pictures)
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. I've been emailing Raquel all of your messages (from Facebook, Twitter, BabyCenter and this blog), and it has meant a lot to her and Ray to have your Continue Reading »
