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Let’s kick today off with a little story…not for the faint of heart.  Yesterday, Chris had to work, so I took Jack to church by myself. Sometimes this goes great, and sometimes I barely make it fifteen minutes, but I at least like to try. He drinks an entire bottle at once (very unusual) as […]

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From The Cutting Room Floor: September 2016

I’m sure you read that and think, Ah, yes. She got pregnant and lost her identity. She became a mom and motherhood swallowed her. She forgot who she was because she was just a mom. Because we’ve all heard one version or another of that story before. But that’s not true for me. See, I […]

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I Forgot Who I Was: How Pregnancy Changed Me.

Sweet Baby Jack,  As I’m writing this, I’m drinking pumpkin coffee and have the doors open because it’s 70 degrees outside (pretty amazing for a Florida September!), and you’re hanging out in your pack & play, playing with your stuffed Clifford the Big Red Dog. It’s the kind of morning where it’s nearly impossible to […]

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Letters to Jack: 8 Months.

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