Death, you messed with the wrong dad AGAIN
Talk about ripping open an old scar…except in my case the scar isn’t very old. My almost 3 year old was born with a birth defect called congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). This is not an umbilical...
View ArticleWoman Lost in Grief and Abundant Love
Recently my stack of bedside books includes the Recovering from Loss & Grief by H. Norman Wright. Mr. Wright, an accomplished writer, points out that most adults recovery from loss is never fully...
View ArticleIs freedom really ringing in this wonderful land on Independence Day?
Freedom: Liberty from oppression, detention or slavery. Being free of restraints Site: Free Dictionary On July 4, 1976, Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. As a country, we swore to no...
View ArticleDeath, please do not make me give you my son
We found out that our 2nd son would also have a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) at our 20 week level 2 ultrasound. CDH is a birth defect that affects 1600 babies per year in the US and over...
View ArticleAdoption: 8 Painful Lessons From A Birth Mother Part 1
At nineteen, I discovered I was pregnant. What happened next changed my life. Whether you are thinking of placing your baby for adoption, you want to adopt a baby, or you are curious about a group of...
View ArticleAdoption: 8 Painful Lessons From A Birth Mother Part 2
Continuation from Part 1 Birth Mothers Go Crazy with Grief. You grieve for someone who isn’t dead, but is lost to you forever. Even if it’s an open adoption, you may never experience the day when you...
View ArticleIt’s Not Fashionable For A Woman To Wear Shame
Recently, my friend, Kylee sent Baby Beloved her first gift basket. The basket included a stuffed monkey, “Go The F**k To Sleep” book (I love laughing at the name of that book) and “20 Things Adoptive...
View ArticleDouble Divas: It’s not just about the bra….
Double Divas – Changing Bras, Changing Lives Until recently, no one would have associated Kennesaw, Georgia (a quiet suburb of Atlanta) with international business brands or celebrities. That is, not...
View ArticleI will never know the healing of my scars
I want to start off by saying I truly understand how blessed I am. I have a loving wife and 2 miracle boys (a 3 year old and a 2 month old). Unfortunately, I know too many others who can’t claim the...
View ArticleMarilyn Monroe & John Wayne can’t touch my sexy swiggle
When I agreed to write this for Rockscar, I thought it would be an easy, three hundred word blog and take a matter of minutes to jot down and send on its way via an email. That was three weeks ago....
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