To my sweet girl, happiness could probably be defined by one simple thing: a warm, slobbery kiss from her favorite doggie. These two have been best buds since before she was born. Francesca joined our family in 2013, three and a half years before she would meet her soul mate. She has been changing our lives and shedding her way onto our couches and into our hearts ever since then. In fact, before Clara was born, Chesie was my baby and my relationship with her was the closest thing I had ever known to motherhood. […]
Trust Your Gut
Since sharing our news, we have received countless lovely messages of support from family, friends, and in a few cases, complete strangers. More often than not, in addition to some kind of “you’ve got this” or “Clara is so lucky to have you as parents,” these messages have been accompanied in some way by one of two things: (1) I’m so sorry to hear this news or (2) How did you know? I want to devote this next post to those two comments, as I feel they’re both worthy of a heartfelt response: I’m so […]