Seriously.  Do you think I’m joking?  B/c I’m not. So let’s have some real talk.  Having a newborn in the house is tough and anyone that says anything different is either lying or trying to sell you something. I called a lot of my friends who have kids and asked them, “is it supposed to […]

It was the kind of news that is etched into your memory forever. Like watching your child being born, except the complete opposite of emotions.  Perhaps it is more like remembering where you were and what you were doing when the attacks on 9/11 happened.  Because that’s what it felt like, and that’s what it […]

After putting our adoption story out there for the world, as well as our daughter’s diagnosis of GA-1, we received tons of emails, texts and phone calls.  The outpouring of love was amazing and Rob and I were truly touched by it all. So many people had those initial feelings that Rob and I did […]

This blog is just to tell our story.  I started it in 2011 only for myself…and I wrote sporadically when I felt like sharing something.  The blog was private, which kind of defeats the purpose of the blog, but what I was writing at the time I felt was no one’s business. One of the […]