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What I’ve Learned

This weekend I had the opportunity to start conversations with two wonderful ladies about motherhood. One is expecting her first child later this spring, the other isn’t pregnant yet, but is very hopeful. They asked me a lot of the same questions I had when I started down this road. What kind of stuff do […]

April 8, 2013

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Parenthood, Young Married Mom

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Brothers at Bedtime

When I was pregnant with Henry, I had three prayers for him:   That he would live. – Check. That he would have either the same food allergies as Jacob or none at all. –Still to be determined. That he would SLEEP. – Dare I say, CHECK?   I know that people live with many […]

March 27, 2013

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Three Months and Two and a Half Years

Yesterday, Jacob was officially two and a half years old. Today, Henry is officially three months old. Big boys. Bigger smiles. Jacob picked his first March Madness bracket yesterday. He was surprisingly serious as we moved through the games. A pattern didn’t emerge (except that he favored two schools listed only with initials; I don’t […]

March 22, 2013

Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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