“I finally fell asleep with the sounds of Dan’s snores in the background. At 3:40 a.m., for some odd reason, I opened my eyes. I heard silence. I ran downstairs. To this day, I have no idea why I panicked. I turned on the light to the man cave. He was right where I left him only 40 minutes earlier, still in his recliner. Only this time, I knew he wasn’t asleep.”
“Not feeling them inside me was a roller coaster of emotions. At times I felt as if this was not even happening. Having these two bundles finally lay on my chest for skin to skin contact allowed me to feel that connection with them I had missed.”
“Most of our shopping trips end in the old, ‘Let’s just go, it’s too hard, they’re tired.’ She normally leaves defeated, and without the things she needed.”
“Thank you for doing the most amazing, thankless job there is with so much love.”
“I know doubt consumes your heart and mind, nearly drowning you. I know the forbidden, dark places of your mind you’re too ashamed to allow anyone to see.”
“I would like to challenge all my farming friends, wives, husbands, families, to please fill social media with pictures and stories which PROVE how much our farmers do for their stock and produce.”
“His smallness took my breath away. That night, my in-laws brought Mikey to see me. We told him he finally had his baby brother. The first time Mikey saw him, he beamed. ‘He has red hair just like me!’ I feel honored to witness their love. It’s as if the two of them were destined to be each other’s brother.”
“After filling up my gas tank, he offered to buy me something to eat and drink.”
“She was only in labor for 9 minutes!”
“I know for some struggling to conceive, seeing others pregnant can be triggering. For me, being pregnant was triggering.”
