I could write a million words about this time, but I’ll leave it here, with these special photos that bring me back to when it was just us. We didn’t know how sweet it could get.
Read MoreQuintin (Quin) Arthur, born on February 22, 2023, is our snowstorm baby and the sweetest addition to our family. He is an easygoing little dude, Rowan is smitten, and we’re (of course) over the moon in love.
Read MoreThank you for all of the support shown to our family over the past 12 days. The worries of how we'll navigate what is next have faded with each kind gesture. Hope and love have shared space with one another this week. And gratitude has set in.
Read MoreWhat I found myself worrying about often in the years before becoming a mother was that motherhood would draw me far away from myself. But the most pleasant gift the experience has given me has been arriving home.
Read MoreThe fall colors peaked here a week or so ago, while the temperatures steeply dropped, so much so that a touch of snow blanketed the piles of leaves we had collected at the front of our yard on Friday morning. I admired the yearly reunion with my intrigued toddler, our fingertips pressed against his playroom windows.
Read MoreMy son is about to turn one, and I am reminded of the approaching milestone often now, in this season we are in. I feel like I know him well now. I know what makes him light up. I know what activities he is less thrilled about, like diaper changes and after-meal face wipes. I know what he is eager to climb up on, even following his parent’s gentle warnings. Now, it is me I am working on getting to know.
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