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On premature birth, kindergarten & fears from an alternate reality

By On September 1, 2016 · 2 Comments

I’ve written drafts of this in my head for months now, and nothing sounds right. I’m honestly not sure what “right” is. Here goes nothing.

My babies started kindergarten this week.

Well. It hasn’t truly started because their school starts kindergarten on staggered days – small groups of kids run through a full day with […]

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Guilty

By On November 27, 2013 · 9 Comments

This photo is exactly how I first saw Callista, though the screen on my digital camera showing the photo Rob took before she left the operating room for the NICU was much smaller.

Guilt is a tricky thing. It’s something owned only by you, and no one else can touch it. […]

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NICU life – how do you survive?

By On April 26, 2013 · 9 Comments

I’ve experienced nothing more helplessly frightening than giving birth to premature infants. I felt like I held my breath from the moment I rolled into the operating room until the moment we drove away from the NICU with three occupied car seats (honestly, I didn’t let go of that breath for a long time […]

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