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Dear Dorothy and Frances, Another Christmas day is coming to an end and you two have been in my thoughts so much today. I'm learning that being a mother of two can be a bit of a balancing act; one that I still struggle with sometimes. However, days like today I am again surprised at…
I love Christmas. I always have. I think it's the most magical time of the year. I know for many, the holidays are an incredible source of stress but I love an entire season devoted to helping others and spending time with the people you love. After Dorothy died, I found myself terrified of many…
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Everything feels so much more complicated when you are a bereaved parent. Simple, everyday tasks can take an emotional toll. So, when you are dealing with an already complicated situation, like dealing with a salesperson over the telephone, the emotional toll is even more costly. Recently, I had to reach out to a baby furniture…
It's been really hard for me to think of what I'm grateful for this Thanksgiving. It would be really easy for me to end this day without ever trying to think of what I'm grateful for. However, if I have proven anything to myself this year, it's that I'm not a quitter. So, here we…
Thank you to the woman standing behind me in Hannaford. Did you know how much your words were going to mean to me? Thank you for letting me duck out of line to go get cat food. Did you know how much my little lady appreciated her evening meal? Thank you for saying I carried…
I feel like our pregnancy deserves an asterisk. Or, maybe a footnote. (We're partial to Chicago style in this house. Controversial, I know.) Any woman can tell you that pregnancy is one of the most anxiety-riddled experiences you'll ever encounter. It's always hovering around a 10. Well, this pregnancy goes up to 11. My doctors…
Dear Dorothy, I love your name. Your name was inspired by women of reality and fiction. Women who I have admired and who I know you would have looked up to as well. Dorothy is a family name. It's the name of your beloved great-grandmother; you would have known her as Gammy. It was also…
Pregnancy is an overwhelming experience. Every day presents a new celebration, a new worry, and new questions. Expectant mothers are bombarded with all kinds of new information, but do they really know all that they can face during those 40 weeks? One of my goals is to educate those around me about some of the…