Photos and Perspectives
Sometimes I have a hard time deciding what to write for this monthly column. It’s not that I’m not still growing through motherhood; I think that motherhood just keeps me so busy and scattered that it’s often difficult to nail…
Nesting
I am in full nesting mode. Mamas, you know what that is. There is something inside of us that naturally longs to prepare the home for the newest person coming along to join the family. In this case, I am…
Love at First Sight
My water broke sometime between placing my order and actually receiving my chocolate milkshake at Sonic. I was with my sister Julie, who was visiting from out of town. We had been hoping that I might go into labor while…
Firsts
On a cold January afternoon back in 2001, at a hospital in Texas, my husband and I looked at each other with a mixture of fear and uncertainty in our eyes. Are they really going to let us take her home?…
A Brand New Baby
I got to hold a newborn baby (my niece) the other day, and I was reminded that there really is nothing else in the world that quite compares. I mean, it’s a whole new person right there in your hands!…
Testing 1, 2, 3
I’ve taken several pregnancy tests in my 14 years of marriage. And I’ve had a range of reactions to the results. Surprise, disappointment, shock, disbelief, and (of course) joy! I’m not going to tell you which reactions go with which…
Veggie Tales
I was so excited! Missy, one of my best friends from college, had come to visit me at my house in Maryland. We had so much to catch up on, and we were going to get started while eating the…
The Pressure
In the last year or two, several of my close friends have entered the world of motherhood for the first time. As I went to the baby showers, visited the proud (and very exhausted) parents and babies in the hospitals,…
