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A Wife’s Thoughts on Marriage – the Unspoken Vows

February 14, 2019

Marriage is so weird. It’s pretty much the only time in one’s life (barring unforeseen circumstances) that you look at another person and say, “You know what? I like you. And even though I haven’t known you for an extremely long time, I know I like you so much that I want to see your face pretty much every. single. day. for the rest of my life. I want to hear your voice every morning and every night – I don’t think it will ever annoy me. “I want us ...

Featured, God, Thoughts

Of His Hands Holding On

August 14, 2018

“You are good, good, oh-oh.” I was humming the song on Sunday morning as I rushed dirty dishes into the dishwasher to be run as we left for church. I wanted in that moment to turn to our little Google Home Mini (that one that aggravates me so, because we have communication issues) to ask him to play the song, but I didn’t have the time to listen to him telling me “That song is only available for Google Play Music subscribers,” so I finished my task and rushed ...

Featured, Gestational Carrier

Of Blooming

May 2, 2018

Featured, Gestational Carrier, Surrogacy, Thoughts

Of How I’m Feeling

April 6, 2018

For nearly nine months we shared living space – he made me sick (literally), rammed his head into my bladder, shoved his body into my stomach space, and threw wild dance parties at all hours of the night. And now he’s gone, home where he belongs. And I have this body back to myself. And it sure has bounced back a lot sooner than I’d anticipated or experienced previously. But, then, as it turns out, when one isn’t trying to take care of oneself, getting the necessary ...

Featured, Gestational Carrier, Surrogacy

Of His Arrival

March 31, 2018

Today is the day. March 30. It’s the one I’d been counting, but not counting, down to for nearly nine months. It was the date the IVF doctor gave us as a potential due date, and though it’s not the one our OB officially counted on, it was the one the rest of us were. And, yet, here we are, at March 30, Good Friday. And baby boy has been out in this world for five days already. And we are all so blessed by that fact. Of course I’m more than happy to not be ...