San Francisco
…me it was prior to having 2 rods and 27 screws hammered into my spine to fuse 13 levels (due to scoliosis). It’s also nice to see how far I’ve…
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Van’s birth story, from a different perspective
…the baby out. In hindsight, the difficulty probably had something to do with the crazy curve in her spine, which shifted all of her insides. She’d mentioned the scoliosis to…
Instagram: The Pros + Cons
…it be one of those days where caring for two young boys has got the best of me or one of those days where recovering from surgery has me feeling…
Cambria
…but all I ever saw her do was sweep. I recall the time her husband, who was equally unique, helped me following back surgery when I was home alone, unable…
Birthing Fears, part III
…up on an operating table. This means a vaginal recovery (because, hello, pain from pushing), as well as recovery from abdominal surgery. And, for me, a c-section would mean being…
Pain
…exact. It’s been an on and off part of my life since my back surgery, though more recently stemming from a car accident I was involved in in March that…
An Interview, with Jesse Burke
…that make you feel an immediate emotional reaction to the physicality of being young and fragile. These images often come in the form of injury. Clover had eye surgery when…
Thoughts on having a third…
…the pain and stress my body had to endure with my back surgery I couldn’t imagine actually carrying, or birthing, a baby. But slowly, as my body continues to heal,…
On Routines…
…have had to adapt a lot over the last few months. First with my back surgery, which rendered me completely useless up until just recently (I would now characterize myself…
Butcher Jones
…back surgery), I too had a good and – dare I say – relaxing time. I rested on the blanket and if I closed my eyes, I could be fooled…
The Apache Trail
…warmest blanket just when the sun sets. I think about all that my boys and our family have been through over the past six months; from my back surgery (which…
Moving
…new beginnings. It’s been rough since my surgery. To this day, my recovery impacts all of us on a daily basis. The thought of starting anew brought with it the…
Recovery
…very large babies. I recovered and I went on doing handstands around the house and so on and so forth. And then came back surgery. I’m far enough along in…
Mama's Corner
…on news anchors. News anchors are funny aren’t they? So much plastic surgery and ridiculousness. We have a no news policy in our house because we can’t stand it. Will…
Preschool
…long) and insisted on watching back to back to back episodes of Curious George. I hesitated, knowing I’d be having back surgery and therefore having to delegate yet another chore…
Hooper & Recovery
…of my boys. There was an evening, before my surgery, that I explained all that was going on to Hooper. Nervous and anxious, I cried as I told him his…
Life
…my surgery because these days I only dream about getting down on the floor like that. Oh, what I wouldn’t give to be able to bend and twist and lift….
44/52
…A portrait of my husband, once a week, every week, in 2013. Yesterday was the first day I have picked up my “big girl camera” since my surgery. I’ve been…
My Dad
…Family is a special thing, isn’t it? It’s my dad’s birthday today and as I recover from spine surgery, I can truly say I don’t know what I’d do without…
A Guest Post, from LaTonya Yvette
…so we could hang. Hi guys! While Ashley is home recovering from a massive surgery (girl, I hope you’re getting lots of hugs, kisses, and sweet cuddles) I am here…