It’s been two months since my daughter and I returned from the gastrostomy feeding tube (g-tube) weaning program at Seattle Children’s Hospital. It has been a busy 60 days. Gia …
An Unexpected Path: Thirteen Days
Thirteen days ago I started reducing my 19-month-old daughter’s calories via her gastrostomy feeding tube (g-tube) with a team of medical professionals at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Thirteen days ago I …
An Unexpected Path: You can lead a baby to food
It’s been ten days since I started reducing food via my daughter’s feeding gastrostomy tube (g-tube) in our third weaning attempt. Under the watchful eyes of the Seattle Children’s Hospital …
An Unexpected Path: Perspective
I was going to write about how this process has been exhausting, frustrating, and disappointing. How hard it is to be away from my firstborn when she calls crying everyday …
An Unexpected Path: Gtube
In a few days I will stop feeding my child. I will do it slowly, dropping meals over a week’s time. I will not give in and feed her the …
My Kind of Guy
But the rest of the world was having no part of it. Because this sweet soul was big. A gentle giant of sorts.
The Ex Factor
By Bethany Thies. I have an ex-husband and sometimes, I wonder what he's up to.
Life is Always Messy: Say Yes Anyway
By Kristen Welch. I looked at my mess—the imperfections and the disqualifiers—and I said yes to a big dream anyway.
Not For You, Son
By Janelle Hanchett. It’s a strange moment when you realize the system is not for your child.
Chasing the Light
It’s been a long time since I’ve put pen to paper, finger to key, derrière’ to office chair. But my how I’ve missed the gratification that comes from recording our memories. I’ve never been diligent at keeping up with baby books, so my personal blog is the place I would go to record little anecdotes of our life. But, after tucking the kids into bed, lately I’ve wanted nothing more than to bury my head in a pillow or veg out on the couch with some dark chocolate covered almonds.