Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of rape and other forms of sexual assault. Just words. You have trouble talking about these things. ...
Motherhood
Light and thunder
My Children Will Be Light and Thunder My children will be wild— not reckless, but true. They will be fire-fed and water-wise, with roots deep in the earth and eyes full of stars. They...
Embers Of Bravery: From Darkness To Light
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains references to childhood sexual abuse. It often begins subtly, almost sweetly—the extra attention feels like a...
What is More Difficult: Losing a Mother or Becoming a...
What is More Difficult: Losing a Mother or Becoming a Mother? Is that a stupid question? Losing a 63 year old mother to pancreatic cancer was extremely difficult, especially when your...
M’s life stories
Where to begin… well, I would like to keep my name private for the time being… so I’ll just call myself M. I grew up on a rather low-income side of south Texas. born in...
The Wander Lady with her Wander Baby!
Well “9 locations – 5 flights – about 20 days travel with my little 5 months old baby” so that I could be the WANDER WOMAN I wanted to be! When all a new mom feels is...
I am the tree
My story is about my life and my 2 sons given up for adoption and taken to another country and made slaves and recently found as adults. I was a young mother fighting the system.One son has...
Never Stop searching for your purpose.
Hi My name is Chris but my friends call me Chrissie. This is my story…. I am one of 5 children 2 sisters, 2 brothers, I am the middle child. Growing up I was a teen mom that broke...
Houston and the NICU
My name is Ashley Hall. I am the founder of Houston’s Lift Off. This is Houston’s story. Houston was born at 25 weeks. He was born August 14th, 2015. He weighted 1 pound 3 ounces when...
Losing You
In 2020, I became pregnant with twin boys! My husband, 10 year old son, and I were so excited to complete our family. We had to get two of everything, but we were so ready to add these two...