“How quickly it all happens, you know? Some days it seems like it just drags on and on and on, and then you blink and they grow up. I’ve really learned how to slow down and appreciate the small things since my daughter came into my life. And I’ve...
I do so much to try and keep my son’s name alive and spoken, and his love felt. But it’s so hard to reach into my mind and remember him. He’s slipped away from me. Sometimes at night I sit up and wonder if I made him up. Was he a perfect dream followed by the...
photo by Kimberly Swanson Photography I was diagnosed with melanoma while I was 5 months pregnant with twins. It was on my stomach, in my belly button, to be precise. People think of sun and skin cancer, and I have an innie – so I’m like how did that happen!? Had I...
There came a point in my life where the deep desire to make a difference in someone else’s life became an intense priority. I found myself as a single mother of two young children, going back to school to improve the future by way of teaching children. But still I...
My husband Ben and I started our family like most couples a few years after we were married. After a period of infertility, our son Samuel was born. We completed a trifecta with 3 amazing sons joining our family through birth, yet our hearts did not feel done with...
