Category: pregnancy and motherhood

  • 32 Weeks {Where’s Baby?}

     

  • On Baby Names {and why your name matters}

    There is a crescent moon on the silver night my husband and I lay face to face discussing baby names for our second child.  He smells like soap.  He is blue eyes and rough unshaven.  A breeze rolls through tree tops and our open window.  Cotton drapes shift. “James,” he says. “Too plain,” my first…

  • Dear Wynn {Your Birth Story}

    “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.”Romans 15:4 Dear Wynn, I wanted to sit here tonight and write all of the details of the night you were born. I wanted to sit here with a…

  • My Two Guys

    Already an estimated 8 pounds (pray for me!!) and glorious chubby cheeks to prove it! Proud daddy taking in the pictures of his son. THANK YOU, DEAR LORD. MY CUP RUNNETH OVER.

  • Dream Come True

    Once, I was a little girl. As a little girl, I was a dreamer. I had plans to become many things: an Olympic gymnast, a ballerina, an author. I had a dogged determination. I was the only nine year-old who showed up for her first creative writing class and raised her hand to ask the…

  • Joy Perfume or {The Scent of a Mother}

    source Do you remember what your mother smelled like when you were a small child? They say “scent” is the strongest memory keeper of all the senses. In my mind’s eye tonight is an old wooden chest, stacked with memories: the texture of my wedding veil, the creases of my husband’s hand the first time…

  • Baby Shower: A Few Quick Photos

    My dear friend Lori threw me the most beautiful baby shower last weekend. It was positively lovely-right down to the little details like Pelligrino with orange slices in champagne flutes. 🙂 As the hostess, my friend took the majority of the photos, which I haven’t seen yet, but, here a few pictures I was able…

  • First and Third

    Time is passing with graceful speed. I believe there was a gust of cold snowy air and then January was nearly behind me, tapping on my shoulder to bid farewell before fading away to memory. Very soon a little boy will come to live in our house again. A little boy. I think God knew…

  • Nursery Snippets: Sources

    source Thank you so much for all the loving feedback on the nursery snippets! In response to a lot of email and comments asking for sources-particularly the “I love you friend” print (doesn’t that just melt your heart!!??), I have updated the original post below to include sources which were requested. I will provide more…

  • Nursery Preview {in Snippets}

    I accomplished about 10% of what I hoped to accomplish in the nursery this past week . . . I’m afraid it is going to be several weeks yet until I have a finished room to share with you (please, don’t shoot.) In the meantime, here is a preview in snippets . . . the…