Orlo’s Birth Story
“You MADE it.” I whisper this to my sleeping babe as tears stream down my face, in disbelief, total wonder, and awe. “You are perfect, my love. You are so, so perfect.” I hold him as tight as I can, and sneak in a million […]
Tag: angel baby
Lael’s Day – Overcoming Nightmares with Truth & Love
A year ago on this day, April 8th, Branton and I found ourselves in a dark lit room, with a doctor’s table next to cords with a machine, and one big screen TV. This was the day we were eagerly anticipating – our 12 week ultrasound […]
How Community, a New Diagnosis, and “Coincidence” Led us to our Rainbow Baby, Expected June 2018!
We are beyond thrilled to announce we are pregnant once again, with our rainbow baby! For those of you wondering why we keep calling this babe, “Rainbow Leskiw”, or “Rainbow Baby’ – no, we are not intending on naming baby, Rainbow. A “rainbow baby” is […]
October Has My Heart ❤️
Heavy & Full 💔 . I’ve been wanting to update those of you who have been so supportive, following along with us on this journey, on what exactly has been going on lately. I feel like these past few weeks have hit like a tornado, as […]
Backwards Grief…
Last night I found myself sitting in the dark, candles lit, listening to that same soundtrack with songs I started setting aside from losing Lyric just over a year ago (read: What I’ve learned from those who’ve comforted me during loss for the playlist). Here I […]
When you need a pick me up (how to dance it out)…
Okay, so I am slowly getting out of the “sad songs only please” phase (see my post here for that playlist), and ready to put on some fun, upbeat songs, and dance it out. THANK YOU wonderful ladies for the feedback from my last post […]
How to Support a Loved One Going Through Infertility and Miscarriage
Before Our Loss Not Knowing What to Say This past month has been an absolute roller coaster. Finding out we lost our third baby, having surgery two days later, recovering from the intense emotional and physical pain, starting this blog, getting possession of our first […]
Miscarriage… it [still] really sucks
ALL THE FEELINGS – THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY “I’m sorry, there is no heartbeat.” Less than two weeks ago, these words once again pierced our hearts. Numbness. We already knew before she spoke the words. We had been in this place before. […]