“I treat myself to $5 coffees, and pinch every last penny I can using the grocery store coupon app. I order almost everything online to be delivered, yet can’t stand that Wal-Mart doesn’t have cashiers anymore. I am an oxymoron, yet not a moron at all.”
“I was so excited to see my baby I thought NOTHING of this statement.”
“You can imagine the response I got from him when I said no. Followed by no again. And then a very firm N-O.”
“I am surprised it has not gotten smaller since my last picture. Kind of disappointing, I must admit, and I am not too happy to share this picture.”
“I couldn’t control my husband dying unexpectedly, but I could control this ending.”
“I was still in the stirrups, getting stitched up, talking to my OB. She had no idea how much I had been counting down to this milestone. ‘I never have to do this again!’ She laughed and told me she’d never gotten that answer before. The last birth of our last baby. I had a ‘geriatric uterus’ this pregnancy, being 35.”
“I remember all the times I left my home on May Avenue, watching momma wave to me as I pulled away. I know how important that last wave is.”
“It was a shock. I didn’t know what I was looking at. There was clearly something wrong on his face, but I had never seen something like that before.”
“Kristen was young. So young, I had my reservations. I learned very fast that just because another woman was parenting my child, didn’t mean she was taking my place.”
“So, I sat down with my coffee and drew him this visual.”
