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Out of My Control–In a Good Way

If I’ve learned anything this year, it’s that I don’t have control. We lost Ethan in January, still and probably forever without explanation; we almost moved to London three times, then stayed put; we were blessed with another pregnancy—and now that baby will likely be born early; and we experienced a couple of other kinds […]

November 15, 2012

Blogging, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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Remembering Ethan

When Ethan’s due date finally came, I am almost embarrassed to say that I had lines from an ‘N Sync song and Disney’s Aladdin running through my head. I’ll give you a moment to be amazed at the sophistication of my mental musical repertoire.   First, from “God Must Have Spent a Little More Time […]

October 16, 2012

Faith, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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October 15

Can I get a show of hands for how many people knew that today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day?   I didn’t know either, until we lost Ethan and I started to scour the Internet for any and every idea on how to deal with something I’d of course thought about, but found […]

October 15, 2012

Faith, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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