It was you that reignited the light that had faded behind my eyes, you that gave me a hope for the future that was able to melt away the fears of the past and you that brought me back from the torment of my own thoughts to let me feel peace once more.
Tag: motherhood
Probably a polyp
Dr Google is not a rabbit hole you want to fall into and almost always end in sheer panic.
A legacy of love
Family isn't an important thing. It's everything. - Michael J Fox I walked into Grandma's room, she was sitting on the end of the bed, her face red and wet with tears. I hated seeing her cry and to this day, it still, almost inevitably starts me off. She had just heard the little boy [...]
A life of comfort and convenience
All I cared about now was whether or not it had worked, was that it, had we just made a baby? But we hadn’t, instead what was growing inside of me was something far more sinister, something that in a few short months would turn our world upside down and I had absolutely no idea. [...]
The proposal
Obviously grandpa thought it was a great idea, despite your dad being southern he talked A LOT about football and was a competent DIYer so all was good. Although we’d decided very quickly that we were in things for the long haul it took your dad almost forever to ask me to marry him. Two [...]
The birds and the bees
Would I ever want to go back and do it again, not really, but if it led me to you each time I would do it over and over. When you’re both a little bit older, you will probably start to wonder, ‘where do babies come from?’. It’s a good question and as far as [...]
Letters to my daughters
Your dream doesn't have an expiration date. Take a deep breath and try again. Conceived at the scariest time of my life in a little dish, five years later, I can hardly believe you're both here. To be honest the last few weeks have been a bit of a blur. Yet, when I get a [...]