I was SO excited when I made the decision that Halley and I would fly from Minneapolis to Charlotte, NC, to visit Halley’s godmommy Becky (my bestie since 1st grade). Also, I was really nervous. How would Halley do on the flight? How the heck do you get stuff like your car seat and stroller to your destination? What if…
I’m going to take this space to freely admit that I was clueless about many things when I had my first living baby. I mean, I’m pretty sure most women are, right? If you’ve never experienced raising a baby, then how could you possibly understand and know everything about it? Sure, you can read about it, talk about it, and…
International Bereaved Mother’s Day is today, May 5th, 2019. Every year, this day falls one week before “regular” Mother’s Day. This is my 3rd year being a bereaved mother on this day. It’s surreal that it’s been that long, but here I am. In my first year, just 4 months or so after having Jonah, I remember looking at mamas…
Just a couple days ago, my sweet little Halley turned 8 months old. Sheesh! She’s doing so many things -crawling, pulling herself up on some things, trying more solid foods, being curious about SO many things…it’s amazing watching her grow and change. I know this is incredibly cliche, but it really does fly by. I mean, 8 months is such…
The emotions in my heart as I write this are complicated. There are so many seasons to life, and within that, there are so many seasons to grief. I once heard grief described as a ball bouncing around in a box. There’s a button in the middle of one of the sides of the box. In the beginning, when a…
Welcome to the world, Halley!! Halley LaVonne Skow was born on September 1st, 2018, at 12:32pm. She weighed 6 pounds 2 ounces and was 18 inches long, and she was beautiful! This is her birth story. In week 37 of my pregnancy, I was uncomfortable. Most women are at that point in pregnancy! I was getting so antsy to just…
Oh hey there, blog! Long time, no see. While I meant to blog through my second pregnancy, sometimes the best of intentions just don’t turn into action. So, as of my last post, we were just about to enter our 11-week stretch of weekly scans to check for heart block. I was terrified, and the road ahead looked so daunting…
The last time I wrote was on Jonah’s birthday. That was almost 2 months ago! What have I been doing for all that time? Well, I’ve been growing Jonah’s little sibling <3. In mid-January, we found out that I was pregnant. While it was exactly what we wanted, it was a pretty big emotion bomb. Not only was it almost…
Dear Jonah, Wow, a whole year! Today you are one, my love <3 Today, I’ve been thinking a lot about the day you were born, and how you were born. It’s hard to not think about it, considering that’s what your birthday means to me! I really didn’t have an easy time pushing you out, you know. It was only afterward…
Jonah’s anniversary of meeting his grandma Kelly in Heaven is 8 days from now, and his birthday is 9 days away. I’m not sure how it’s possible that it’s been a year, but I also feel like it’s been forever since I’ve held my son. Some years fly by while others crawl, and this one feels like it flew. There…
