Motherhood has been my greatest joy and my deepest sorrow. Grief for the child I created in my head while pregnant and immense love for the child that is mine. I spent a long time…
Browsing Category Milestones & Reflections
Your First Mother’s Day
To You: So here we are; Mother’s Day 2021. Your first Mother’s Day, as a mother. It’s a bit of an understatement to say today isn’t how you imagined it would be. Hard to have…
What I’ve Learned in the Last Two Months
We have achieved the 2-month threshold! Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, while also feeling like they’ve lasted two years. (Which to be fair is how the last year as a…
Digging Up Parallel Memories
It’s funny how random things can spur and light a dormant memory. It’s the first night back home from our latest trip to Greenville. This time HG is crankier than normal because of his procedure,…
Strength in Siblings
When we found out that we were going to have HG, one of the first concerns that came to mind after all the excitement and happiness was when and how to tell the kids. There…
Dear Harrison Greene
Dear Harrison Greene, Well, son, you’re 1-month-old today. A month that has felt like a year while going by in the blink of an eye. Your Mom and I knew you’d keep us on our…
The Constant That is BattleBots
Exactly 4 weeks ago, we were in the hospital room at UK Children’s Hospital, the weight of our new reality still sinking in, our son in the NICU, admittedly numb to the world, with BattleBots…
On Your Left
Going back to the week we spent at the UK Children’s Hospital when the perfect gift with the perfect quote came into the NICU. We had already been at the NICU for a few days,…
The Last Day in the NICU
When your wife is a photographer, you’re guaranteed some amazing photos, and memories captured. While memories of being in the NICU may not be of the most cheerful kind, they do mark a few milestones….
The Ultimate Nanny Dog
Penny the Shar-Pei is 3 years old. She’s normally a lazy, spoiled, wrinkly pup. When we found out we were expecting, my wife and I would talk about how we expected Penny to be once…
The Hardest Question
The hardest question so far to answer hasn’t been about my son, or what the doctors are saying, or even how I’m doing. The hardest question to answer has been when someone asks how my…