I was extremely thin before I got pregnant with Callie. Like tiny thin. All through my pregnancy I heard, “Oh you are so lucky. It will be so easy for you to bounce back.” “Oh, you’ll bounce back.” I would…
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It never fails. A new opportunity arises. Or a new adventure. A new season of life. A new experience. And we instantly go into a myriad of excuses as to why we can’t do it. Why we aren’t good enough. …
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None of it happened the way I thought it would. I thought I would be finished with college at 21. I thought I would be married at 23. Pregnant at 25 with our first baby (a boy). Pregnant at 26…
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We were slammed by grief….but it was another family’s Tuesday. We were wrestling with the diagnosis of a chronic heart condition and pending open heart surgery…..and others were standing in line at Starbucks. We were spending the nights in a…
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I’ve been told sometimes I need to remember that our family is not the “center of the universe”. This normally is in regards to discussions about support, adaptation, and our explanations of why we do things a certain way with…
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“All they see is my leg.” Callie shared that with me the other day. She was frustrated about the fact that everyone’s eyes automatically go to her prosthetic instead of her face. I told her that was hard…..because that’s not…
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Yes this is a pretty picture. But what you don’t see behind the picture is… The mama trying to hold it together. The stack of laundry that’s roughly a week old on our dresser. The mama that invariably will forget…
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I hope I’m measured by the size of my heart…..and not the size of my pants. I hope I’m measured by the amount of grit and grace I have…..and not the width of my hips. I hope I’m measured by…
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The other day at Callie’s orthopedic appointment, we had an X-Ray done of her back. Callie, in addition to her other health issues, also has scoliosis. We have to do yearly X-Rays, especially as she starts rapidly growing, just to…
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I see you. Trying to keep it all together while quietly falling apart. Holding on tightly to the string before it unravels and you are completely adrift. Grieving for the life you thought you should have had….all the while completely…
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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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