Medical Motherhood
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Our Kids are Fair Famous!
Last autumn, we enjoyed a visit to the Washington State Fair (also known as the Puyallup Fair for some of us). During our time there, a photographer approached us and...
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Last autumn, we enjoyed a visit to the Washington State Fair (also known as the Puyallup Fair for some of us). During our time there, a photographer approached us and...
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Preschool When Your Kid has a Disability
"It almost hurts to think back at everything that all of us almost missed out on had we chosen to keep him home for a year."
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"It almost hurts to think back at everything that all of us almost missed out on had we chosen to keep him home for a year."
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Hippotherapy...Is that therapy with Hippos?!
"The unique nature of hippotherapy, mirroring human gait, offers unparalleled benefits for Lochlan's gait training."
3 commentsHippotherapy...Is that therapy with Hippos?!
"The unique nature of hippotherapy, mirroring human gait, offers unparalleled benefits for Lochlan's gait training."
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Paintings and Prints
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Art at Tacoma Frame Makers
Just one more week to check out my artwork at Tacoma Frame Makers! Prior to Tacoma’s Art on the Ave, Tacoma Frame Maker asked if I wanted to show my...
Art at Tacoma Frame Makers
Just one more week to check out my artwork at Tacoma Frame Makers! Prior to Tacoma’s Art on the Ave, Tacoma Frame Maker asked if I wanted to show my...
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A New Murals is in the Works
Sneak peak of my next mural. The design honors Chambers Bay, the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. This will be another project at a school where every student will...
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Sneak peak of my next mural. The design honors Chambers Bay, the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. This will be another project at a school where every student will...
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"Hope's Hope II" - August's Card of Hope
"Hope's Hope II"12x12"Acrylic on Stretched CanvasHand signed by artistPainted in 2024 Artist Statement: "In "Hope’s Hope I and II," a solitary dragonfly rests upon an earthy-toned background, rich with hues...
"Hope's Hope II" - August's Card of Hope
"Hope's Hope II"12x12"Acrylic on Stretched CanvasHand signed by artistPainted in 2024 Artist Statement: "In "Hope’s Hope I and II," a solitary dragonfly rests upon an earthy-toned background, rich with hues...
NICU & Birth Trauma
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Why I faced my fear and donated blood
I will never forget the day that the NICU nurse said, "we gave Lex a blood transfusion." She said it so nonchalantly and I, on the other side of the...
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I will never forget the day that the NICU nurse said, "we gave Lex a blood transfusion." She said it so nonchalantly and I, on the other side of the...
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King5 Evening News Picked Up Our Story of Hope
We had the privilege of meeting with King5 Evening to talk about our NICU story and Cards of Hope. I look forward to this story reaching the mother’s who need it...
King5 Evening News Picked Up Our Story of Hope
We had the privilege of meeting with King5 Evening to talk about our NICU story and Cards of Hope. I look forward to this story reaching the mother’s who need it...
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Mom and Mind Perinatal Podcast; Premature Birth...
"no one prepared us for what would happen after the babies were born, about NICU or viability. There was no time, I wasn't scared. I couldn't even process, I wasn't...
2 commentsMom and Mind Perinatal Podcast; Premature Birth...
"no one prepared us for what would happen after the babies were born, about NICU or viability. There was no time, I wasn't scared. I couldn't even process, I wasn't...
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NICU
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Day 1 – Happy Birthday...?!?
Day 1 – Tuesday, July 18, 2017 Around 1 am, I was still having about 6 contractions an hour, but they began to be more painful. I suddenly felt a...
Day 1 – Happy Birthday...?!?
Day 1 – Tuesday, July 18, 2017 Around 1 am, I was still having about 6 contractions an hour, but they began to be more painful. I suddenly felt a...
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Day 0 – Monday, July 17, 2017
Day 0 – Monday, July 17, 2017 After returning from the hospital around 3 am, we got to sleep about 3 hours until I woke up with painful, consistent contractions...
Day 0 – Monday, July 17, 2017
Day 0 – Monday, July 17, 2017 After returning from the hospital around 3 am, we got to sleep about 3 hours until I woke up with painful, consistent contractions...
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Day -1 – Headed to the Hospital
Day -1 – Sunday, July 16, 2017 The evening of Sunday, the cramping and contractions began to flare up again. If I could not get these contractions to subside, I...
Day -1 – Headed to the Hospital
Day -1 – Sunday, July 16, 2017 The evening of Sunday, the cramping and contractions began to flare up again. If I could not get these contractions to subside, I...
Writing My Memoir
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