Bereaved and Blessed

BlogHer`12: Time of My Life

August 7, 2012

I got home from New York City late Sunday evening (our plane was delayed) and am still processing the wonderful time that I had at my first BlogHer annual conference. I do intend to share one or more posts about my experience in the days to come. However, in the meantime, here are links to some […]

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NaBloPoMo: The Ripple Effect

July 31, 2012

A little over a month ago I got an email from BlogHer about the theme for July’s NaBloPoMo. I was curious, so clicked through and read Mel’s post introducing the theme and another that included prompts for each day. This was not the time for me to be considering committing to post every day for a […]

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Perfect Moment Monday: Getting Soaked

July 30, 2012

It’s the last Monday of the month which means its time to share our Perfect Moments from July with Lori from Write Mind Open Heart. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Last Friday Bob, Sean, Abby and I took our annual trip to Six Flags Great America. Abby is now tall enough go on more of the rides, including some that we […]

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Dear Extra Special OB Nurses,

July 29, 2012

I found out awhile back that when you report for your shifts at the hospital, you find out which patients are in labor, as well as those who are scheduled for inductions or c-sections. At that point many of you have the opportunity to volunteer for which cases you want to be a part of and assist […]

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We Cleared the Hall

July 28, 2012

It’s Day 28 of NaBloPoMo for July and as I shared in my introductory post, one of the reasons I decided to participate this month was because the awesome prompts. In part because of it being a holiday week, I didn’t get around to writing about one of the prompts (for July 3) that I […]