miscarriage

Gathered Thoughts: A LoveFeast Linkup

March 18, 2012
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My friend, Laura, emailed me to ask if I would like to participate in a linkup for LoveFeast called Gathered Thoughts.  Each participant gets a different quote from the 365 Gathered Thoughts box to inspire their post. When I saw the quote she had randomly chosen for me, I knew it was something I needed [...]

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the in-between week {a linky post}

March 2, 2012
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This has been an in-between week for us. Last week was Blissdom. Next week we are leaving for Hawaii (I KNOW.) And squished between two fabulous things, it’s been a rough week. This week I should have been 39 weeks, and since I was a repeat csection, we scheduled the delivery for this week. We [...]

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A Deeper Story: marked.

February 21, 2012
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Yes, as I alluded in my last post, we made a trip to a tattoo parlor last week and I marked off #11 on my 30 by 30 List. This one was a little special though. I decided to post the story at A Deeper Story for my turn over there.   Here’s a snippet: [...]

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named

December 4, 2011
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With our first pregnancy, we knew exactly what we would name a little boy, should our baby happen to be one.  Patrick and I have loved the name Miles forever.  When we walked out of our gender-reveal ultrasound it was already decided. This time around we weren’t as sure.  Oh, we kicked around a few [...]

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Oh, we’re doing pretty good.

November 16, 2011

Head nod, head nod. Small smile. This is my typical response to the question, “How are y’all doing?”  Which is always accompanied by the sympathetic head tilt. Tomorrow will be six weeks since we lost our baby boy. I’m supposed to be 24 weeks pregnant right now. I know from carrying Miles that I would [...]

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Couch to 5K. Again.

November 10, 2011
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Me, sitting on my comfy couch, procrastinating a run.    The other day, my sister-in-law, Nicole was in town so I got to see her for a bit. “So what’s up with all the exercising?!” was one of the first things she asked me. She had seen all my updates on facebook about running and [...]

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this is how emptiness sings

November 4, 2011

Last week I wrote about why I was going to Relevant, and in response I got the kindest email from Kat from Inspired to Action. She had read that post and also the post about losing our baby boy that I titled Held.  In that post I told about how, years ago, I had shared [...]

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Farewell October

November 2, 2011
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Oh October, You have long been one of my very favorite months of the year.  Bursting with color and ushering in crisp, cool weather. What’s not to love? And this year, in particular, you were one of the most beautiful Octobers I can remember.   You held lots of good things: an Air Show, Pumpkin [...]

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deeper story: and I am undone

October 26, 2011
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I braced my hands against the sink in our bathroom and I choked out the words, “What do you pack when you’re going to the hospital to give birth to your dead baby?” My husband looked at me, just as shocked as I was to be facing this.  His arms tried to comfort, but all [...]

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because I need a little help from my friends

October 25, 2011

Tomorrow morning I’m catching a flight to Harrisburg, PA for the Relevant Blogging Conference. (I went last year, too.) Now, I realize that a blogging conference probably sounds like about as much fun as a Star Trek convention to those of you who aren’t really into blogging.  And yes, I’m sure I’ll be hearing some [...]

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