“Anybody can become angry—that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way—that…
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2/15/24 I tap the foot pedal of my potter’s wheel, arch my back and stretch as the wheel comes to a stop. I throw my sponge into a bucket of cloudy clay water and…
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“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” – Howard Roark Nora is in the hospital. She has been throwing up for almost a week, but…
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The week before last Nora came down with “a cold.” That Wednesday, close to midnight, she was struggling to breathe, so when we couldn’t get her saturations to improve, we called 911. Nora and…
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To my lovely Penelope, When it comes to documenting infancy, your siblings don’t have traditional baby books. Nora has this blog I created when she was about your age, and Everett has an album…
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Ironically since my last post, the one about seeking order, health, and predictability during my third trimester of pregnancy, Nora has had multiple hospital admissions and ER visits related to seizure activity and respiratory…
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My home is in disarray. A pile of laundry waits to be folded, medical supply boxes are spread across the floor, blocking the front door — signs of my son’s most recent fort- building…
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It’s almost Christmas. And things are different. I’m sitting near Tyler in our living room, facing a glowing, decorated, pine tree as Christmas music crackles through the record player. Nora is resting, cocooned under…
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We probably should have canceled the family photoshoot. I was 10 weeks pregnant with my Still- Heart, I was an emotional wreck, and my body had yet to progress through miscarriage on its own.…
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This post is part of a blog series on pregnancy loss from a miscarriage I had in August 2021. Thank you always for reading. – Jesse July 2021 Pregnancy: Week 9 The evening: I…
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This post is part of a blog series on pregnancy loss from a miscarriage I had in August 2021. Thank you always for reading. – Jesse June 15, 2021 The day my water broke,…
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This post is part of a blog series on pregnancy loss from a miscarriage I had in August 2021. Thank you always for reading. – Jesse June 11, 2021 I cling to a cup…