This is a strange week in Scruggsland. The scrugglet that is normally the one that is active and healthy was brought down by strep. It is different staying home with a weak with fever boy, instead of a frustrated girl in pain. He is a loving boy who wears his heart on his sleeve and…
Steps towards healing after Pregnancy Loss From June through August, I was a woman on fire. My workouts were showing results. I consistently worked out…a miracle. I followed my clean eating plan religiously. I even won a workout challenge giveaway due to my progress and dedication. I looked great and felt great. I achieved…
Motherhood isn’t all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. I am ashamed to say that when I used to daydream about being a “Mommy,” I pictured a glowing version of myself looking down lovingly on my newborn. That did happen, during the few seconds of the day when my colicky firstborn wasn’t crying. The one thing…
A Return to Writing I started out a writer. I toiled hours in my room typing on my dad’s Apple IIC (yes–I am that old). I remember my first broken heart–when that Apple exploded and took 300 pages of the book I had spent the entire summer writing with it into oblivion. Yet–I continued…
I’ve been 36 years old for two weeks. Two long weeks. Two weeks that I would give back if I could… I learned that life could change and yet stay the same in one awful moment and that the change could make each second of normalcy feel like a stab in the heart. I…