Boy Mom Life With Humor and Hygge
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
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
Dear Jordan, I didn’t cry on your graduation day. I am sorry, but I think I ran out of tears a long time ago. I had planned on crying, knowing myself and the importance of the evening I had applied minimal eye makeup. I was hoping not to walk out of there looking like Alice Cooper with a mascara View Post
Dear mom sitting across from me, I know we have not officially met before, but I can comfortably say that I know you already rather well. Our paths might never cross outside of these walls. We live different lives, even speak different languages - but here, none of that matters. Here, we speak View Post
We are going to end National Heart month with fellow heart mom, Sara's incredibly touching story about her beautiful daughter Lucy. Sara, who is also a blogger, spent February sharing touching photos of Lucy under the hashtag #RememberingLucy. We are blessed in the cardiomyopathy world to have Sara View Post
***Update February 2015** I have continued to follow Autumn's story for over a year now. She has had her ups and downs and a really scary close call just a few weeks ago. Beautiful Autumn continues to fight like a warrior and prove that she is a true miracle. Please read her story and support her View Post
This brave heart mom shares her "Heart Story" with us in an emotional account of how their daughter's CHD was discovered by chance - which in the end saved her life. There is hope after diagnosis, and this family is proof of that! Little Miss K's CHD went undiagnosed through the entire pregnancy, View Post
This "Heart Story" gives you a raw and emotional account of one family's early CHD diagnosis during pregnancy. The time in your life that is supposed to be filled with nothing but happiness and hope is all of a sudden exchanged with "what ifs" and more questions than answers. This mom wrote straight View Post
Welcome to the next edition of breastfeeding stories from our readers. These memories are shared by breastfeeding moms, who like myself wish to spread the word to new moms that breastfeeding can have its challenges, but it is worth practicing, seeking help, asking for support and looking for View Post
This “Heart Story” was sent to us by Cyndi about her son Philip Alan Henry. This beautifully written account of Philip's life also touches on the genetic aspect of Cardiomyopathy. The doctors, especially the ones not familiar with Cardiomyopathy, all too often write individual symptoms off as being View Post
We are going to kick off our series of “heart stories” with Emma’s Cardiomyopathy journey, in honor of all the brave little heart warriors fighting every single day - with every beat of their heart! February is “Heart Health Awareness” month. Heart health is so much more than eating a bowl of View Post
Welcome to the next edition of breastfeeding stories from our readers. These memories are shared by breastfeeding moms, who like myself wish to spread the word to new moms that breastfeeding can have its challenges, but it is worth practicing, seeking help, asking for support and looking for View Post
Welcome to the third edition of breastfeeding stories from our readers. These memories are shared by breastfeeding moms, who like myself wish to spread the word to new moms that breastfeeding can have its challenges, but it is worth practicing, seeking help, asking for support and looking for View Post