Hey y’all! Since I posted the meaning behind the Lunchbox Babies name on March 26th, I have been thrilled to welcome so many new readers to the blog. Over the last several months, I have been asked the meaning of the blog name and am always happy to share. Then, back in late October at […]
It is no shock that I love December and all things related to Christmas. I have mentioned it many, many times. It is a magical time of year that you can easily get wrapped up in. But grief and heartbreak don’t seem to care much about the holidays, and many times heartbreak happens in the […]
Just a quick little post about a special day in my life . . . Tomorrow is November 16th. Tomorrow will be the one year anniversary of my last DNC procedure and miscarriage. My last miscarriage. Wow! Last November 16th, I had a nervous breakdown in the surgical center waiting room. That is not an […]
Let’s be real here. Being diagnosed with infertility issues will turn your world upside down! Countless doctor appointments, medical procedures, outrageous highs and heartbreaking lows. Your world just changes! I think it was always really easy to get caught up in how all of this was affecting me! I would focus on how MY life […]
I don’t know about y’all, but I have an uncanny ability to make myself feel guilty about things. In fact, I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that most women feel this way. Or, at least all of the women that I know! And, for you guys out there, I won’t […]
Hey y’all! Wowza to the overwhelming response to last week’s blog post on healing after loss. It is so amazing to me how many of us there are out there that have walked this road. Thank you for reaching out, and sharing your stories with me, with each other, and with other women hurting. You […]
Since starting this blog, I have had numerous women reach out to me telling me of their recent miscarriages. I feel so honored to be gifted with their stories, and am blessed to be able to pray for them and to give any advice that I can offer at such a heartbreaking time. The one […]
I am just SO excited to introduce y’all to someone AMAZING today! Such a fun post for me today! I think a lot of times women can let infertility and miscarriage define who they are. We tend to slap a smile on our faces, hide our struggles, and soldier on. I did this until I […]
When you start going through infertility treatments, you become a “regular” at your doctor’s office. You get to know the nurses VERY well, the sonographers hold their breath with you before they start their scan, and you know random life stories from the woman taking your blood a few times a week. It is a […]
Happy Monday, friends. I hope that you all had a great weekend! In Friday’s post, I shared that I had gone to my fertility doctor’s office for a meeting to collaborate on some future posts here at Lunchbox Babies. I know I mentioned it on Friday, but ANXIETY! It was rough. The anticipation of the […]
