1 week

  A thank you note to my village.  I wrote this to them, but I want to put it here so I have it for me.  A record of this process. Girls, this is me today. I should be 23 weeks. But I'm not. I'm 1 week postpartum and it shouldn't be. I remember how we all rallied around Debi when we lost Sydney. I say "we" because that's what it felt like. Like "we" lost a baby. I remember thinking, "I can't imagine what that...

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yesterday i had a son

Deep breath. I've been absent from my blog for quite some time, and a lot of life has happened in between.  In short, Sadira is now 6, I am now 32, and I have been dating my awesome guy, Christian, who Sadie affectionately calls "Chief." We are moving into a new home that Christian designed.  We love it. We have two dogs now, one of which is insane, and one who is the world's most perfect dog.  We forgive the crazy one,...

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