Babies

{Click image above for more beautiful birth stories in this touching series.} Mary's Story As a professional birth and postpartum doula, the myriad blessings and challenges of motherhood are my life’s fascinations. The beautiful and brave stories shared in this series...

Sarah's Story Before I start, have you been reading this whole series on How I Became a Mother? If not, you must go back and read through them. The stories are absolutely amazing, and raw and true and real and inspiring....

So how’s it been going taking pics of your kiddos since checking out some of my favorite photo apps?  Getting any better?  Legs hurting from squatting down?  It’s okay.  Sometimes that’s just how it goes.  But if you want...

The first day of Spring is next week.  Hallelujah!  We've had enough of Winter around here, though really I'm not complaining because finally those stinkin' mosquitoes are gone, those ice storms made for some perfect baby-snuggling weather, and it'll...

Becky's Story I was 17 when I first heard a doctor tell me, "Your diagnosis won't kill you. At times you won't even notice it. You will more than likely have it the rest of your life." But the worst...

I can hardly believe it...but Easter is less than six weeks away!  And I have to tell you - I have been STUMPED on what to get my littles to fill their Easter baskets this year! Toys?  Nope - we...

I was privy to a conversation the other day regarding the hiring of Mothers. I didn't like what I was hearing, my abrasive, butting-in side took over, and I quickly gave them a sweet but firm, "HEY, HEY, HEY,...

When my firstborn was a baby, every single day I would think how in the world does anyone have more than one child? I didn't even have a difficult baby, but I just felt like my hands were completely...

As Skeeter's second birthday quickly approaches, I can't help but look back at the past two years - at the ups and the downs, the laughter and the tears, and every time I've held that sweet baby in my...

Chelsea's Story I became a mother when I was 20 years old, in college, single, and living in a teeny tiny apartment.  Let me clarify - this was when I became a mother to Tucker, my precious chihuahua baby.  If you don't consider...