— 1 — I can never be accused of going overboard with a secular Easter. Other things, yes. I’m particularly bad at Easter candy/eggs. Exhibit A: A few years ago, Sarah Kate needed filled Easter eggs for school, which I realized (remembered?) about fifteen minutes before we were to leave the house. Mr. Andi swiped… Read More
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Dem Bones, Part 2: Reader Questions About Sarah Kate’s Surgery
On Tuesday, I provided some nuts-and-bolts details about Sarah Kate’s surgery last week. Last week, I provided a more emotional and visual description. I knew when I planned the posts, however, that I would unintentionally omit some things that you may have been curious about. Since I was able to find very little information about the realities… Read More
Dem Bones, Part 1: Sarah Kate’s Surgery Cocktail
Shin bone connected to the knee bone Knee bone connected to the thigh bone Thigh bone connected to the hip bone Hip bone connected to the back bone… Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around. Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around. Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk around. Now hear the word of… Read More
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Seven Snippets: Good Friday Edition (Because I Can’t Think of a Better Title…)
— 1 — Was yesterday’s Messy Beautiful post not exactly what you were expecting? I know that I promised details on Sarah Kate’s surgery but then didn’t provide many. I wanted to share a bit about the experience of the surgery first before I jumped into the nuts and bolts, but I believe there’s a need… Read More
The Longest Days | My Messy Beautiful
Eight years ago, on a Wednesday morning in Birmingham, Alabama, I said goodbye to this tiny little thing and her lambie, then stepped through a nondescript doorway to a hospital waiting room, fighting back tears and the urge to go running back through those doors to find my baby before they placed a scalpel into… Read More