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I was doubled over in excruciating pain. My upper abdomen felt like it was on fire and the pain radiated down toward my pelvis. I was twenty-seven weeks pregnant with our fourth baby and knew it wasn’t time for our girl to make her entrance. We’d sought out the help of a wonderful midwife that loved us through our previous…
Continue readingDown a long dirt road, in the middle of nowhere, sat a single wide mobile home. The walls were paper-thin and the windows howled as the wind penetrated every nook and cranny. Heated by a wood stove, the warmth struggled to make its way throughout the house. Around the holidays, the balance of providing essentials such as heat, food,…
Continue readingMy teenage son and I stand in the seemingly endless line at the DMV. I loathe this place; the lines, the inefficient way it’s run (by no fault of the actual employees) and the long, long, long wait just drives me nuts. I hate feeling like I’m wasting time. When our number is finally called, I march over to my appointed…
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