Posts by: Jen Thompson

Calm Down

On February 20, 2013 By

Having parented a terminally ill child has put a lens on mothering that I did not foresee but am not at all surprised by. For all of the eight months Lydia was with us, I was holding my breath, waiting for something to happen. Knowing that her time with us was short, I knew any […]

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Boogie Down

On February 13, 2013 By

In Crystal’s post about the witching hour, she mentioned the Dance Party. We have discovered this to be a useful tool in our house. Quick! Put on a song and dance around like a loon so we can all pretend we’re happy even though we’re barely keeping it together!

I thought I’d take this […]

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Miraculous

On February 6, 2013 By

“OK,” said Amber the six months pregnant NICU nurse. “You need to make a choice. I need to change his bed linens. I can’t hold him and do that at the same time. You can either change the sheets while I hold him or…”

“I’ll hold him! I’ll hold him!” I screamed in a whisper. […]

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