Day One.
I've started this blog mainly to help me process the last few weeks messy juxtaposition of love, fear, hope and agony. It may or may not be interesting to anyone else, but mostly I'm writing for...
View ArticleDay One, Take Two.
He has a pretty bad skull fracture, and we're checking for bleeding on his brain. The sentence echoed and I think to myself how Dr. Steele has kind eyes.It occured to me that we may not actually be...
View ArticleThe Night Watch and Another Day's Vigil
Breathing sighs of relief, we brushed our teeth and I dragged myself to bed, laying Elliot down next to me in the bed that was too big; Brian's empty pillow glaring at me and making me once again...
View ArticleMonday Morning Heartbreak and Mostly Good News
I had slept very little on Saturday night and I knew I needed as much rest as I could if this grueling experience would drag on as long as predicted. This is a marathon, not a sprint.I finally wised...
View ArticleBlessings all Mine with Ten Thousand Beside
I've now gotten you through the first (and in someways worst) part of things, and I think continuing on in a chronological day by day litany might get boring. Sometimes the days dragged and not much...
View ArticleAlive in Christ, Breathing Alone, and a White King Tut
Wednesday morning, May 8, I woke up with a smile on my face.For one thing, we had been pretty much been guaranteed that Brian would be taken off the ventilator which was an exhilarating thought.For...
View ArticlePenthouse Suite, Communication and a Good Night Kiss
As would become our custom while my mom was here, I again went in as early as I could while still getting a decent amount of sleep, and she would give Elliot a chance to be in his own environment...
View ArticleMr. Wilson Wakes Up.
When we had left Brian the happy night before, we debated if he would need a "Brian-sitter" since he hadn't really been alone in the ICU and was getting more awake and active. In the end, we decided a...
View ArticleHappy Mother's Day
In addition to honestly being quite busy- and we're having a new baby, so I've been spending a lot of time alternately lethargically laying on the couch or trying to keep up my house and laundry- I've...
View ArticleJuniper Kate, or a lesson in trusting God- a birth story.
Long before you were even created, little baby, I was hoping I carried you around and I didn't. I wasn't crushed, and then, a short week or two later I was down right relieved that God knows best, that...
View ArticleElliot
In a private group I'm in, girls have been sharing their most recent birth stories and naturally that's got me reflecting on my two births, and I've never shared Elliot's here or there, either.I spent...
View ArticleIona Sibella- another Birth Story
Long before we imagined you, little baby, your Papa came home from work and said, "I took care of a sweet little old lady today... if we have a girl next we should name her Iona." I said... "IF there's...
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