The phone call came in June, about 2 weeks after I had accepted a full time teaching job. We had been matched with a birth-mother in Virginia Beach, VA. She was due in September, about 6 weeks into the...
If you have read my journey through infertility, you know that it took seven years for my husband and me to have our first child. So, we wanted to go as natural a delivery route as possible to make...
Monday, June 20, 2005 was the date we were to be induced at 37 weeks. It had been a long pregnancy with one sort of complication after the other, and our baby was going to finally be here. We...
Seven years ago, in a bathroom stall of the four-diamond hotel where I worked as a department head, I learned I was pregnant. Yes, very glamorous, I know!
In those days, I was a workaholic. Twelve to fourteen hour days...
May 31 is a day that I will remember forever. It is the day I gave birth to my ray of sunshine. The day I became a mom.
The road there wasn't easy at all. I was nineteen years old...
Y’all… I used to be so organized. As soon as a bill was paid, I’d file it away immediately in a color coordinated file. I used to schedule my firstborn’s wellness appointment months in advance and write the date...
Adoption can be daunting, isolating, and heart-wrenching. I learned some very quick lessons during our adoption process. And if I could impart any tips or considerations to be made when choosing a private adoption agency it would be the...
“Three boys.”
A few days ago while leaving church, this was said to me three times by three separate ladies. Raised eyebrows accompanied the short comment; one lady gave me a mere grin.
I am perfectly aware that I have three...
I know what you are thinking... "Wow, she has set her ambitions really high...NOT!", but hear me out. I am a 34 year old mom who has spent her life afraid of EVERYTHING. I am a chicken and a...
I am what some call “crunchy.” I had backyard chickens for a number of years (until we lost them to a predator last Thanksgiving.) I use essential oils for everything from cleaning to sneezing, I enjoy making my own...
Life In Coastal Bend
Guide to Events in the Coastal Bend
The Coastal Bend is FULL of events and we are so excited to share them with you and encourage you to get out and...
