I blinked, and suddenly my tiny baby is eleven pounds, and 1/4 of a year old.   He is just one of the many reasons I wish there were more than 24 hours in a day… He makes my heart so glad!! Proverbs 27:11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad…

We are continuing to celebrate life! Simeon’s lungs filled with oxygen 36 days ago. Yesterday Simeon’s head was covered with water and oil. He has always belonged to Christ, but yesterday he was officially welcomed into the Church by receiving the sacrament of baptism. He is officially a son of the covenant, heir of God’s […]

There is no denying that I have been nothing short of a walking pharmacy for the last few years. In the last few months (maybe since June?) I have saved up all my needles and syringes (and a few of the med vials) in order to share another unique perspective on my PAL journey. If […]

Pregnant with a Rainbow, Part X Ends & Beginnings When I got up last Sunday morning, I had no idea what the Lord had in store for our day. I went about our morning like any other Sunday morning ~ pancakes for children, dressing in our Sunday clothes, packing Bibles & coffee cups into the […]

Sweet Teen’s rainbow has burst forth! We joyfully welcome our precious son ~…~…~ Simeon James ~…~…~ ~the Lord has heard, and supplanted our grief with joy~ born on Sunday, October 25th at 4:06pm 5lbs 10oz ~ 19 1/2 inches ~ pumpkin fuzz atop his head   Blessed be the Lord! For He has heard the […]

Praying, when you are Pregnant-After-Loss(es) I have written before about praying when you are pregnant, both here on Joyful Domesticity and in the Rainbows & Redemption devotional I helped write & edit a few years ago. ~…~…~…~ Desire and surrender are the perfect balance to praying. ~Paul E. Miller, A Praying Life, p123~ ~…~…~…~ And […]

My PAL Body At eighteen weeks with Sweet Teen, I pulled out my maternity clothes. Regular jeans had to be retired to the drawer a couple weeks before, but even my shirts got to the point of needing a bit of the maternity stretch and ruching to feel comfortable or even remotely chic. It was around 18 […]

To give you a smaller, easier-to-get-through glimpse into my second PAL ultrasound with Sweet Teen last spring, here is a lens I call Second Glance. ~…~…~…~ Second Glance I am just as nervous as last time, my bladder isn’t quite as filled. Walking into the hospital now makes me anxious rather than thrilled. I hold my […]

After previously giving you a small glimpse into the nuance of pregnancy-after-loss that is anxiety, I wanted to share with you a longer snippet: the account I wrote of my first ultrasound with Sweet Teen, many months ago now. But still fresh in my mind. This is a way to share with you some of the […]