By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 1/31/2008
Well, there's something I've been trying to decide whether to share here, but I think I will, in the hopes that someone else will be comforted or encouraged. And I'd love your prayers. On New Year's Eve, I found out some momentous news--I was pregnant. I've never felt so ambivalent about a pregnancy before. If we weren't in the midst of selling our house and moving this spring (we hope, we
By: Barbara Bietz,
on 1/18/2008
My friend Meredith has a new writer blog. If you are looking for inspiration or some kidred soul connection, it's the place for you!
I stopped by to share my thoughts about "voice" with Meredith. Check it out:
http://fullread.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-voice-not-someone-elses.html
Happy Writing!
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 1/16/2008
While I was on my blogging break during Advent, a momentous event occurred that I must post about, even belatedly: I took all six kids into Chicago, for a whole day! I haven’t done that since I was pregnant with Bantam2. (Why I did it then is a story unto itself.) And incredibly, I didn’t pay one dime for parking all day! Three times I found on-the-street parking, and the one spot that had a
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 11/7/2007
This Friday, MamaLady is hosting a Carnival of Birth Stories. When I read about it at Elaine's, I thought, why, that might be fun--for a change of the hen's pace, so to speak. I might never have another excuse to tell these stories here! And so, with Elaine's encouragement, I give you the story of the births of my two oldest children: a study in contrasts. My firstborn was 4 days late. On
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 10/31/2007
Yesterday, Jen in Seattle commented: I know you never seem to be short on blogging material, but if you're ever up for "taking requests" I would love to hear more about something you posted on last year. I looked for the post, but couldn't find it. I think I remember you saying that one of your sons was having reading trouble through second grade, and you sent him to public school for 1 year.
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 10/3/2007
...to tell you about our family photo shoot yesterday! First of all, just let me say it took me almost a year to finally accomplish this, more if you count how long "call Kim" was on my to-do list before I finally approached her last November. Kim is a friend from church, a mom of three who has been easing into the photography business. After we talked last year, I decided we'd wait for
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 9/27/2007
Well, this weekend is Homecoming Weekend at my alma mater, Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois--and it happens to be my 20th class reunion! Papa Rooster's too. Yes, we met there; I should tell you that story sometime. It's been such a busy week, I haven't had time to breathe, let alone think about this weekend. (The posts you've seen this week were written during the kids' rehearsals last
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 8/29/2007
My blender broke last week. It was brand new. I made fruit smoothies with it once, and the next time I filled it up with yogurt and frozen bananas and frozen berry blend, it was dead. I had ordered it from Amazon, so I opted to return it to the not-so-nearby service center rather than pay shipping back to Amazon--if indeed they would even take it back; I don't know. With my children cheerily
By: At A Hen's Pace,
on 6/20/2007
We had our carpet cleaned today and my sainted friend, who swapped kids with me all year for homeschooling, took my kids yet again so they would be out of the way and not running in and out on damp carpets. On the way home from picking them up, I decided it would be a good night NOT to serve them all dinner at home. I'm sick of Wendy's, our fast food restaurant of choice, where we tell the kids
Thanks for sharing those... It's neat to read birth stories by a woman who's been through it a few times - I think somewhere in my mind I suppose mothers of several kids would be bored/jaded about birth, but that's clearly not the case! Congrats on being a champion birther and a fantastic mom!
Yay! I'm so glad you shared these. Don't forget to link up at MamaLady's tomorrow.I'm still working on my #2 story -- definitely with the twinges of "this is not what I expected" that you mention here. I probably won't have a third chance, but it seems like you definitely have to be willing to make that journey back into the unknown each time.
Wow J! Great stories. So much I didn't know since I was only around for the last one. Thanks so much for sharing these!
Mr. Linky is up. Please come on over so you can share with everyone!
I always am fascinated by birth stories - thanks for sharing yours Jeanne!
wow, birth stories are so interesting and such miracles. Thanks for sharing yours.