Read the title again. Now here's a story: When my son was a newborn, we battled and went through the trenches with reflux. I'm talking reflux so bad that the kid hardly slept, couldn't eat without being in pain, and cried 90% of the time. I was gaslit by medical providers claiming that it was …
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“Just wait.. till your marriage crumbles.” The opening statement to a tiktok I just watched warning new moms about the struggles of bringing home a new baby and the way it tests your marriage. I’m honestly so sick of the “just wait” statements that are meant to scare new moms. And seeing this video I …
Fresh out of the shower I stare at myself in the semi-foggy mirror. I do this most days if I’m not in a hurry. I take in every detail on my face. The visible acne that once was there during my first trimester is now being replaced by scars. A few dry spots around the …
April is the month of the military child. Did you know approximately two million military children have experienced a parental deployment since 2001? There are also currently 1.2 million military children of active duty members worldwide. And the repeated and extended separations and increased hazards of deployment are increased stressors in military children's lives. Two …
You haven’t made it Earth side yet, but you’ve already changed my life in more ways than you know. Knowing that God chose me to be your mother caused me to self reflect in many areas. So much so that I had to step back from my professional life to truly figure out what it …
"You're glowing and so cute pregnant! That bump looks so good on you!" reads a comment on a recent bump photo. Right. Although that glow is likely either sweat or an overuse of some sort of moisturizer due to dry skin from the acne products I've been using to control the never ending break outs. …
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Most girls fantasize about their wedding growing up. They fantasize about the dress, the venue, the flowers, and more importantly, the man at the end of the aisle. Usually it was a school crush, or some celebrity you had plastered all over your bedroom walls from various pages of J14 magazine you had ripped out. …
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