We just finished dinner. Of homemade chicken nachos. And a beer. {Of course, the children didn’t have the beer.} After compiling the dishes on the kitchen counter, we popped a squat in the family room. With no TV and music […]
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Yesterday, I stumbled upon an article in the New York Times titled Gene Studies of Autism Point to Mutations and Parents’ Age. The article wasn’t anything particularly earth shattering. It simply highlights what people have been guesstimating for some time […]
You’ve doodled it everywhere. You’ve done the first with the last. The first, middle, last. The monogram. The initials. You’ve chosen your baby name. When I met Adam, we forever had a love for the name Lexi. Lexi Brehm. We […]
Two days before we went in to have Barrett, I sat in the rocker in his room. The room was filled. With fresh paint. With the crib. The changing table. Clothes. Supplies. And as I sat, I penned a handwritten […]
Things change. It’s a fact of life. We can never go back to being the human we were 1 year ago. Neither reality nor gravity permit it. Our perception changes based on the way life twists and turns and often, […]
There is a reason there are 24 hours in each day. Because, at least at the Brehm house, when you lose an hour, everything goes to shit. But after a nice little dinner… And getting the kiddos to bed {one […]
It spread like wildfire across Facebook last week amongst friends and acquaintances from back home. Thoughts and prayers… many updates read. Thinking of… started others. A sad day… a few stated. It was a tragedy. A high school classmate’s brother lost his life suddenly […]
I recently talked with one of my fave friends about Push Gifts. Have you heard of a push gift? Prior to being pregnant with Barrett, I’d never heard of such things but my sweet and sassy friend, Jamie, was kind […]
I often tell Adam that I currently face a constant battle of living for the future. My mind is fluttered daily with the thought that “it will be easier when…”. It will be easier when I’ve completed breastfeeding. It will […]
I have long been a fan of birthdays. And if I’m being completely honest and candid, I’ve long been a fan of my birthday. One day. One day that is to honor the day that each of us arrived. A day […]
