My Perfect Breakdown

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As a teenager I thought little kids were just a pain in the butt – so I never thought I’d have a bunch of them,.  And then as a young teenager I got much younger step-siblings and I found myself babysitting them frequently and I found myself saying that I didn’t want children.  Heck, I think at one point I said I’m going to have a kid free wedding just so that… Read More

Yesterday was Mother’s Day. My mom is dead, and has been for 18 years. My babies never made it. They never took their first breaths, instead they died much too soon. Mother’s day for me, is not a day to celebrate. It is a day to hide. A day to mourn what was, what could have been and what will never be. The first year after my mom died, when I was… Read More