Today marks the 15th anniversary since I went into labor with our first son, Ryley. He wasn’t born this day. He waited until mid-morning January 22nd to finally scoot out and say hello to all of us in Room 12. I suppose I remember today almost as fondly as tomorrow because I knew I […] 
Ollie: Surprise stunning ease. (Here are the other kids, originally published on June 23, 2011 as a part of a writing exercise.) Aidan: Complicated painful delight. Ryley: Natural, shaking, ecstatic. Sam: Sleepy, sudden, lunchtime. Tommy: Racing, sinking, racing. Joel: Flashbacks, hushed, gratefulness. Beatrix: Prolapse, cutting, alive. Archie: Kicking down door. Teddy: Backward, bound, freed. 
When Teddy was born a little over two years ago, I noted he backed his way into the world. He was breech. It was a difficult delivery marked by a stuck head, severed bladder, severe internal scarring, and time in the special care nursery. Before he was born, I was on full bedrest for a […] |
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