Tomorrow morning Jessi goes into the hospital to be induced. They'll put some gel on her cervix, and then an hour later she goes home and waits for it it trigger contractions. Home base tomorrow will be our house, so I expect more than a few people to drop by as we wait for things to progress ( Read more... )

My friend Jessi is very pregnant. In fact, she was due three days ago. Just now, while we were chilling on my couch, she started having minor contractions ( Read more... )

Just now I caught a grasshopper, just to prove to myself I could ( Read more... )

All the tests to see what was wrong with my belly have come back negative, so no ulcers or gallstones! My dr thinks I'm have intestinal spasms (which I had a lot of problems with years ago), so I have pills to take to relax my belly if the pains get too bad ( Read more... )

(things are fucked up right. gotta fix them before the weekend...don't want to ruin it ( Read more... )

For months, they have been passing through my mind, fleeting and unclear. Thoughts that I have spent a lifetime refusing to deal with ( Read more... )

Yesterday Ezra was officially 6 months old. He can roll over and sit on his own and he has two teeth! He has a sense of humour (though a weird one), he gets mad when he doesn't get his way, and most of the time he wants to be with his one and only, his mommy.

My life is a wondrous thing.


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Ezra fusses and my mum tries to settle him, but it's just not good enough, so he fusses harder until his mama comes to him. My little man will only settle for me ( Read more... )

Our purpose is to bear witness for our children. Graceful or clumsy we walk beside them, hold their hands as far as we’re able. Even when we despair in futility at their path, it is our soul’s contract to accompany them.

Blessing them, loving them as they intentionally or unintentionally break our hearts.

This is the labour of parenting.

Went to the Dr today. Since my arthritis seems to be trending towards getting under control, something else had to go to shit right ( Read more... )