It’s Tuesday. I pull up to the same copy and print shop I use every tuesday. The staff is young. All my age, maybe younger. The manager always seems flustered. I give her a sweet smile. She has no idea who I am. She calls me my bosses name. She thinks I’m her. Secretly I [...]
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{5 pound babies are REALLY tiny} There are a lot of unknowns when you’re a surrogate. The only one I worried about CONSTANTLY was what would happen after the birth. I want to give an honest look at what REALLY happened. So I remember and do others know what they might experience. Because he [...]
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{36 weeks – The day he was born!} On Wednesday March 7th, My IM and I went in for a routine OB check up and my blood pressure was oddly high. I usually have low blood pressure, so they were concerned. I left the appointment and went directly to buy an at home monitor to [...]
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This time last week, a 6 month “anniversary” snuck right by me. 5 months ago, I wouldn’t have fathomed the possibility of that date passing by without noticing. For 6 months we have survived. But more than surviving, we’ve had fun and by some miracle we’ve made it through this. Me and Miles. Side by [...]
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I sit at the table and try to have a quiet lunch while scrolling, scrolling, scrolling through Pinterest. We’re having a conversation about a girl in his church “class” and how much he likes her and if I can call her mom right now so she can come over and slide on his slide. He’s [...]
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