We’re going to put you up for adoption to find someone who wants a baby…because that someone is not me. The words felt ugly and untrue as soon as I’d uttered them. But it approached midnight after I’d woken at 3:30 a.m. to a five hour stretch of Finn not falling back to sleep andContinue reading “Sacrificed”
Monthly Archives: April 2021
The Baby Blues & Grieving Another Road Not Taken
It’s been just over two weeks since delivering Baby #2, Finnegan, and while I still feel some of the limitations of my c-section recovery, yesterday I felt ready to extend the daily walk a bit. I walked around two city blocks, feeling pain-free other than a slight internal tug in the last stretch. However, myContinue reading “The Baby Blues & Grieving Another Road Not Taken”
Wishes for My Son
Dedicated to my first beautiful boy, Weston, on his tenth birthday ~ I wish for you to always know your worth in a world that too often dismisses, undervalues, and commodifies wonderfully unique people. I wish you contentment with your present but a desire to adventure out to see more and do more. Live sphericallyContinue reading “Wishes for My Son”
Gabrielle Koontz 