When Anna was four, we said farewell to some very special friends. I had known them for over a year. I had opened my house and my heart to them …
An Unexpected Path: White Wedding
I attended a wonderful wedding this summer. It was spontaneous, informal, beautifully simple and short. The bride had been married once before but still wore white and looked as lovely …
An Unexpected Path: A New Beginning
Since birth, my daughter has always been fed via a feeding tube. It started with nasogastric tube, a small tube carefully placed down her nasal cavity to her stomach. A …
Rekindling
I don’t think I slept at all. My eyes closed, but early flights weigh too heavily on my mind to allow that sweet release into deep, restful sleep. Whenever Mike …
An Unexpected Path: Birds, Bees, and Cats
Some time ago during dinner, Anna announced when she was older she was going to be a Mommy. She said she was going to “born” four babies! I told her …
An Unexpected Path: Two
Two years ago a little girl was born. Not breathing on her own, she was quickly rushed to the neonatal intensive care unit. I didn’t know if she was alive …
An Unexpected Path: Walk the line
There are times I’ve felt that Gia doesn’t fit in anywhere. It would seem that she is straddling a line with her feet in two separate worlds. The world full …
An unexpected path: Guilt and Kindergarten
Last Friday my daughter and I attended the open house at our local public kindergarten. I think I should have felt nervous and a little sad that she will be …
An unexpected path: The mother I have become
When I started out on my motherhood journey, life was quite normal. Aside from one illness, my first-born and I only saw the pediatrician at wellness checks. I read the …
An Unexpected Path: Jelly Beans
Last weekend we dropped by a friend’s house. A gracious hostess, she led Anna to the kitchen for a treat. Anna emerged with a quizzical expression on her face and …