Category Archives: Confessions

Dear New Mom

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

Dear New Mom, I’m about to unleash the cliche of all cliches which you’ve heard a thousand times already, for that I’m sorry.  As a new mom, I got tired of hearing it too, I wanted to yell, “yes, I … Continue reading →

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Am I Woman Enough?

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

Today, as we celebrate the many fierce, strong, admirable women who have helped pave the way for a foundation of equality in our country, I’m left pondering a question I’ve been pondering quite a bit the last few months. Am … Continue reading →

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I Don’t Want You To Understand

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

I don’t want you to understand. If you would have asked me this time last year if I understood what it was like to live with chronic pain, I would have likely said something like, “Well, not really, but I … Continue reading →

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Why I relate to Rudy Giuliani…

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

Those of you who know me and my political stances are likely scratching your heads pretty hard here, but hear me out. Also, I love Jesus, but I cuss a little…or a lot tonight, so if this isn’t your cup … Continue reading →

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A “Perfect” First Day of School

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

This morning was E’s first day of “real” Preschool. She had been in a Preschool environment since April, but today she started a new school that is an actual Academic Institution (literally) and not a daycare. To say it went … Continue reading →

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Desperation

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

For the last month or so I’ve been in a place that is completely foreign to me, a place I thought I had returned my entry pass a long while ago.  It’s a place I don’t want to be, a … Continue reading →

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The Words In My Head

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

I’ve been mulling over how to write this post for days, but just can’t seem to find the words to say.  I still don’t know that they’re the right words, but I know that I have to get them out. … Continue reading →

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I Am Blessed With Infertility.

Posted on January 4, 2014 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

You read that correctly. I used the words “blessed” and “infertility” in the same sentence.  Lord, if you’d have told me 5 years ago that those two words would go hand in hand in the same sentence I’d have told … Continue reading →

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I Often Forget My Kid’s Adopted.

Posted on December 30, 2013 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

I haven’t discussed the topic of Adoption in general in a while (okay, I haven’t discussed anything in a while) and I suppose that’s because as E gets older the issue of adoption isn’t really one that I think to … Continue reading →

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Baby Fever-Less

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Life, Laughter, and Happily Ever After

Even as I write this, I’m still in awe that it’s how I feel.  When I think back to my darkest moments of desperation and fear, I never thought this would be a post I would write. I’d like to … Continue reading →

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