Happy September, Everyone!! It’s almost my favorite season!! In this installment, the roller coaster ride continues with the added...

7/1/99 Casey: One hundred eighty-nine days later you are still in the hospital. You are 7 lbs, 8 oz. You're quite the little big boy. ...

I hope you enjoyed last week’s Guest Post form my fellow writer, Nancy Lee! Now we’re back to our current series. We’re picking up with...

Last week I had the privilege to be interviewed by my friend and fellow writer, Nancy Lee. Nancy is doing a series on her blog,...

Paxton needed an MRI to rule out some things before before they decided to go Achaean and do the Tracheostomy. If you’ve ever had an...

One of the "rules of thumb" for preemies is that they usually get to go home either by reaching 5 lbs or by their original due date. We...

While I was tending to Paxton in the hospital, I decided to record everything that was happening in a journal, written to him, so he...

Today is National Day of Prayer so I’m backing up in time in this series to when I was in the hospital and very depressed about my...

See these cute friends? They were our son’s first Easter gifts! One is the tiniest bunny that my mom found - because Paxton was so tiny!...

Time for the next installment of my memoir, A Thousand Reasons Why! My now new daily routine consisted of pumping every 3-4 hours,...

On Instagram yesterday: Earlier this week on the Chasing Marbles Podcast, I finished up my conversation with Heather Faria about our...

On the podcast this week, My guest and dear friend, Heather Faria, and I discussed our experiences with having a preemie and navigating...

Here's an excerpt from the first time we got to meet and interact with Paxton: Three hours later, Casey came back in to see if I was...

Thank you for your patience! I apologize for keeping you all in suspense for so long! I wanted to post this last month for our son’s...

I wish everyone a very happy and prosperous new year!! Here’s a little pargraph from A Thousand Reasons Why about New Year’s 1999 in the...

Casey and I both came from large families who all lived within a 60 mile radius of each other. Holidays were always a big production and...

Another day and evening came in the Maternity Ward. Casey and I had just settled in for another night of TV after we’d finished dinner -...

I was just coming out of the bathroom when the orderly came in with my lunch. Yay. Salisbury Steak - again - which was not what I...

A soft knock came on the open door to my room, and a woman in her mid-forties with stylish blond hair and a doctor’s coat came in. She...

Here’s a continuation of blog post #2, if you’re curious how things turned out! I was grateful the hospital was right across the street. ...