I had to use the clickbait title. The post was begging for it. Anyway, I’ve been pretty open about the difficulties we’ve been having with Finley over the past month or so, which haven’t so much subsided as become an expected part of life. While at times I’m on the verge of jumping off the Serenity Now ledge into the pit of insanity, especially considering…
My niece passed away this weekend. Five years ago, we lost our son shortly after birth. The event was so painfully heart wrenching that I’ve thought again and again how I wouldn’t want anyone to go through what we did. Yet just a few short years later my own brother- and sister-in-law have to go through a similar ordeal. I don’t really know what to…
A few weeks back I posted an excerpt on the book I’m working on about Oliver’s birth. After trudging through this thing for about two years now, I finally finished my first draft. In celebration, I’m posting the intro here. It’s still a work in progress, so I’d love feedback. Close your eyes. Wait, don’t do that. You have to read what’s next. Unless someone’s…
Background A while back, I realized that neither Amy nor I really had recorded the huge crazy process we went through with our first boys, from infertility to hospital visits to NICUs and loss. I tried to write it down, but ended up stalling only a little ways in. I’m on my second attempt now, and have made it farther. I’ve just finished writing about…