Early morning January 6th, 2013, we made our way downtown to the hospital. I was fully made up, OF COURSE, because that was my plan and I like a plan. But of course, babies have their own plans. You didn't want to come out. You had been perfectly happy inside my belly for 38 weeks …
The Ghosts of Christmas Way Past, Somewhat Past, and Now 2020
There's a format we follow in twelve steps meetings that is based on sharing your story with your drug of choice and it's a pretty basic yet effective story telling tool that goes like this: - What it was like - What happened - What it's like now I thought I could use this format …
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Seven! It’s a Golden Birthday for our Twins
"Did we grow from a piece of your heart?" That's the question my girl asked me the night before their birthday as I told them the story of when they were born, as I do each year at their birthday. The story goes like this - I never wanted kids. But then mama and dada …
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