I have a love/hate relationship with Mother’s Day. Hate may be too strong, but I’ve never really been a fan of “hallmark” holidays. On top of that, for years I was in this awkward place of being a mother, yet not having any of my children here on earth to celebrate with. A place where family and friends may not Continue Reading →
I have wavered back and forth whether or not to share Zelie’s birth story. Partially because I’ve never been one to gush over birth stories, but mostly, if I’m totally honest with myself, it is because her birth ended up not going as I had hoped it would. But the more I prayed about it, the more I realized that Continue Reading →
Five years ago I ventured into the blogging world and hit publish to my very first post for Easter Sunday. That year, we were deep in grief. We had just lost our sixth baby, Nathanael Patrick. To say I was devastated would have been an understatement. Just when I thought my heart couldn’t take any more heartbreak, we experienced yet Continue Reading →
Back in February I saw lots of posts of #shareyourlove on instagram. I was intrigued and somewhat interested to share ours, but never got around to it. Then last week it dawned on me that this Sunday marks eleven years since Rex popped the question. Yup, he proposed on Easter Sunday which was also on April 12 that year. So Continue Reading →
From this to this. (My awesome neighbor, Nancy, made the baptismal gown) I don’t remember when or how I stumbled on the idea to make a baptismal gown out of your wedding dress, but I know it was sometime before we were married. I remember storing my dress hoping it would be transformed relatively soon, perhaps within a year or Continue Reading →