Before Callie was born, I didn’t think something like what we experienced could happen to people like “us.” I thought grief, heartbreak, loss, and gut wrenchingly hard things happened to OTHER people. Those hard things happened to someone else’s friend,…
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What’s kind of crazy to me is….. I dreamed of the life I have now. I prayed and I wished and hoped for EXACTLY what I have now. But years ago, the “picture” of who and what I was praying…
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I went to the parent meeting for incoming freshman at the high school Callie will be attending. Sitting there, I listened to the counselors detail the extremely complicated class selection process that is entirely based on the “major” the child…
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Since the pandemic, I’ve worked from home. And we are now transitioning back to being in the office full time….. And as the parent of a little girl with a disability and also having a chronic disease like Type One…
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“Where there’s a will there’s a way.” “You always have a choice.” “Choose joy.” Y’all know me. I will be positive and optimistic til the day I die. It’s how I live my life, it’s the lens I look at…
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I used to wonder if it was jealousy. Was I jealous of the other families? The ones that were “normal”? The ones that had kids enrolled in all the activities–sports, cheer, dance, and track? Was I jealous of the complete…
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I don’t have any happy, joyful, beautiful newborn pictures with Callie. I don’t have any pictures of her nestled up on my chest after giving birth. I don’t have any pictures of her with James after he cut the cord….
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She was a hope. A dream. A wish. A thought. An idea. A silent prayer that I had tucked away in the deepest part of my heart. And then in an instant, she was a tiny little fuzzy image on…
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Even writing these words is a little surreal. I’m officially a published author! Y’all I literally cried seeing my name and essay in print. And not only that but the fact that it was along side some amazing, strong, powerhouse…
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One day I’ll tell her how hard it was. How completely and utterly heartbreaking it was. How I couldn’t figure out which way was up, what we were going to do, or how we would figure it out. One…
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Hi Y'all! I’m Jaime, a proud working mama, author, girl boss and wifey to an ultra-adorable husband. I am a huge book nerd, I drink coffee like my life depends on it, and run on dry shampoo and Amazon Prime. Leopard print is my favorite color. I am a story teller at heart and this blog is a virtual scrapbook of our crazy beautiful life. I'm a Type One Diabetic and our little warrior princess Callie is a lower limb amputee. By sharing how we’ve chosen to flourish in the garden we’ve been planted in, we hope you can take some small nuggets of hope, inspiration, and laughter. We are so grateful that you’ve found us—welcome to the fam. We embrace our perfectly imperfect lives and don’t let the doctor’s appointments, spreadsheets, speaking engagements, 10th birthday parties to plan, housework or date nights overwhelm us. Those things are just the beautiful reminders of all the blessings in our lives. Read More
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