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The Child I Wasn’t Ready to Have

Katie | April 24, 2019

Eleven years ago today, I went into labor when my water broke three weeks early. I really had no business…

Katie | May 8, 2018

Dear Erinn – Our family diva, sweetheart, princess and future CEO – today, you turn six. From the time you…

Karyn Cole | April 6, 2018

You were the miracles I was afraid to hope for. And the fact that you came as a package deal…

Katie | November 4, 2017

Teagan, today you turn three. You are the youngest in a combined family of five kids and, per conventional wisdom,…

Joshua | July 16, 2017

I turned 40 earlier this year, and to mark the occasion my wife offered to help organize a birthday party.…

Katie | May 8, 2017

My daughter Erinn turns 5 today. She entered the world kicking and screaming and has kept our whole family on…

Katie | May 4, 2017

Today is my 35th birthday and I’m feeling pretty good about it. I’m the same person today that I was…

Katie | April 24, 2017

My first baby turns 9 today and I’m feeling all the birthday feels. I know it’s not a milestone age…

Katie | March 5, 2017

To my stepson, on his 10th birthday My son Ferris turns 10 today — our oldest child and our first…

Heather C | December 24, 2014

My first pregnancy wasn’t planned. I was due in July. Everyone wanted me to have a July 4th baby. I didn’t. Not even a little bit. She…