the long winter
Maryland has had one of the coldest snowiest winters in years, or so the locals say; and this Carolina girl is not used to temperatures in the single digits or […]
Category Archives: my loves
when grief and joy go hand in hand
My mom delivered seven children naturally. I witnessed four of those births. My siblings were born either at home or in a birth center. The atmosphere was calm, peaceful, sacred […]
joy in the aching
We are officially in the doldrums of this deployment. R&R has come and gone, and we aren’t quite to the halfway point between R&R and my love’s homecoming. Morale ebbs […]
Introducing L. the Brave
L. the Brave, aka Crumb, made his appearance at 8:27pm on December 29, 2012, at exactly 41 weeks. I’m pretty sure he would have been content to stay in there […]
God with us
38 weeks and 1 day. Crumb can come any day now and be full term. He’s just as ready to live in the world as he will be two weeks […]
baby kicks and sweet moments
Most of our friends and family were not at all surprised when we announced, three months into marriage, that we were expecting a baby. In fact, the phrase we started […]
love and a baby
One year ago, a man and a woman took a walk under the Southern Cross and a bright Ugandan moon. After months of wanting to share hearts and feelings, but […]
Punjammies and block printing
My love, good man that he is, still reads my blog, even though he gets to hear the waterfall of 30,000 words that comes out of my mouth every night […]
a honeymoon
In the weeks leading up to the wedding and at the wedding, I was asked hundreds of times, “where are you going on your honeymoon?” To which I answered: “I […]
a wedding
Some girls plan their wedding day as a child. That wasn’t me. I spent more time playing house and acting out what it was to be a wife and a […]
Ripples from Rachel 