Just a few more hours left in 2016 and I stand in awe. How often do you get to look back on a year and go WOW. I mean, truly, WOW! Here's my 2016 in review! I feel like Scarlett in the sunset screaming, "As God as my witness, I'll never go hungry again!" I'm...
Well, it's that time. Time for a Homebirth Story. Junior's Homebirth Story... and dare I say... the last one I will ever write. Just typing those words brings a stillness to my heart and a pause to my fingers. I mean, you just can't go on having babies forever. And...
Dusk in the Jardin Potager. I love those words... jardin potager. They are so romantic and descriptive to me I can hardly stand it. But you have to swear to me that you will pronounce it "poe-tagh-ay" - soft "g" and all that. Never say "pot-ig-er". Ever. ...
Eleven years ago this October I started this blog. True…. It’s not super popular… truth be told in terms of “blog lingo”… SEO… numbers… all that… I have no idea what I’m doing. But, I started out ‘cause I was a proud Momma of a boy that turns eleven today! I wasn’t on...
Well, what a difference five days makes. Have I got a story for you... Firstly, thank you for all your kind words of love and support on my "Closing Thoughts" end of the year post earlier this week. I was touched by your sympathy and understanding. I suffered...
Ick. Where to begin? I'm all for fresh starts. Mondays, the first of the month, New Years Day. Fresh starts thrill me. Fresh starts stir the goal setting maniac that resides not so far beneath the surface. But this year I am having a hard time stirring that beast....
I have permission to tell this. My side of the story. My day as a doula for "Little Mama."I was recently humbled to be asked to serve as doula for another laboring mother. My second time.It. Was. Awesome. We'll call her "Little...
Whole Heart School is now in session. The baby is three weeks and a half weeks old now so I figured we'd better get started on school. I didn't spend any time with the kids keeping things fresh in their minds during this summer as I intended (aside from reading with...
Well, it's been one week. How is that possible? Here she lies next to me, making those little sounds. Those little sounds that you only get to enjoy for a few weeks out of your entire life as a mother. Deep breath- don't cry. I never imagined a 5th baby could be late....