Pregnancy

  • Expectant Mother, Right?

    This afternoon I braved the cold and the crowds and did a little Christmas shopping.  As I was circling the mall parking lot for the 4,000th time, I noticed a spot on the…

  • Broken

    Last night I was sick again.   Couldn’t keep anything down.   I wanted to climb in my bed, pull the covers over my head, and hide there for several years…I mean days.…

  • Big Mac Babies

    This past week while my parents were visiting, my mom told me a funny story about a dream that actually changed her.   She said that around the time I was born, they…

  • We Came, We Ate, We Conquored

    Well, we survived Thanksgiving.   The turkey was moist, the stuffing was spicy, the mac ‘n cheese was to die for.   There were no fires in the kitchen, nothing burned on the…

  • The 24th Hour

    “Could you hold this textbook up for me?” “What do you think I should do about this?” “What the…???” These are all things that you never want to hear your doctor say to…

  • I’ll Kill Him.

    I’ve always wondered how crimes of passion happen.   How does someone who once loved someone else get to the point where they feel the need to take that person’s life?   And…

  • How My Womb is Changing Me

    Everyone told me when I became pregnant that I would go through some crazy changes.   But mostly, they talked about the crazy physical changes.   I was ready for those.   It…