Parenting With Heart And Humor
The image of a Danish Christmas heart takes me right back to my childhood filled with Danish elves and gnomes and Christmas trees with real burning candles dangling precariously on the branches. Dancing around the Christmas tree on Christmas eve, while we singing psalms in each our own off-key tune View Post
Have you ever had to be so REAL with your child that it hurt? - Like you were punched in the gut?! Well, today I managed to stay authentic when parenting got real, it was down-right raw!It was a normal afternoon after school pickup. The kids’ mouths didn’t stand still for a minute. They were View Post
I met Caelen's mom several years ago before she moved to Florida. We connected in a Facebook group for heart moms, because that's what heart moms do - they connect, instantly. Caelen was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome ("HLHS"), which means that the left side of his heart is severely View Post
An Open Letter to "the Flu!"Dear Influenza A, B and whatever other alphabet-soup-combinations there are!I have feared you for years! - actually loathed your mere existence. Every single year you keep scientists on their toes. Your constant morphing and mutating leaves the vaccines full of View Post
To say that the heart-mom community is a "village of support" is a gross understatement. We are a group of kindred hearts, a force to be reckoned with and a united front when it comes to welcoming new members and teaching newbie heart moms the ropes. We seek the truth and demand untampered View Post
Some stories happen and instantly beg to be written, others need to mature and then one day they are ready to be presented to the world. I have held this story in my heart for six years, it has pulled me through the most terrifying times of my life. This account was my "snuggle buddy", "security View Post
The topic of "vaccinations" has been weighing heavy on my mind for a while. I felt that my silence was not a good representation of my (strong) feelings, when out of the blue, a dear friend wrote this piece and asked if it was appropriate for my blog. Yes - and 110% YES! I am proud to feature this View Post
I spend a lot of time writing about motherhood in an effort to empower and support my fellow moms. But somewhere along the way, the child with medical conditions and special needs is lost! Lost in the system, lost in the community, on the playground – just plain LOST – if he doesn't have friends and View Post
You just took a call from your child’s doctor. It wasn’t his staff calling with the results, it was the doctor himself - which we all know only means that the test came back positive for (fill in the blanks). You hang up the phone, maybe you remembered to wish him a “good day”, or not - regardless View Post
They told me to write from the heart, so I did. They also said to “write what you know” - I did that too. After blogging for a year, freelance writing for longer and generally enjoying word-smithing for as long as I can remember, I feel like things are falling into place.Slowly the pieces to the View Post
I am honored today to feature a guest post from the writers for the Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha's website: small beats. Their articles are always inspiring, empowering and supportive of caregivers. They wrote this article exclusively for my blog, which I am thrilled to share View Post
With flu and cold season practically knocking on our doors and the relentless Entero D68 virus in the news, I am not surprised when friends reach out to me for advice on how to live in a "germ-free bubble." Once a germaphobic mom - always a germaphobic mom! I know our “bubble-like” life style isn’t View Post
Are you a parent with a sick child, a child with a sick parent, or a spouse with a sick partner? Chances are that you felt like you were drowning when the tidal wave of information and responsibilities of being a caregiver flooded your life. In the blink of an eye your world changed, tables might View Post
Ten questions every pregnant woman should ask during her anatomy ultrasound. The doctor is looking for much more than the gender!Her smile is warm, almost as calming and toasty as the gel she is about to squirt on my belly.She is the one who has done our prior 20-week ultrasounds. I know, it View Post