These posts will try to outline the differences and similarities of my experiences giving birth – as well as what to prepare and expect. Hopefully, by documenting whatever I remember – I can be better prepared for number 4 (hah! just kidding. That’s it. We’re done.) or help someone else with their birthing experience and the […]
A Sense of Belonging
Last Sunday, our youngest received the sacrament of Baptism. Like the boys, she was welcomed into the Catholic Church early. She is three weeks old. Ig was almost two months. And J was a month old. Like the boys, she wore my Baptismal bib, a thin piece of cloth, with the Cross in light blue, […]
To Our Mighty Girl
Dearest K, I write this on a tiny phone, with your two brothers on my lap (each trying to get a better position), and a bit of guilt in my heart that I write to you only now, a day before you come out to greet the world. Unlike your brothers, we will welcome you […]