• Marriage and Family,  Motivation and Hope,  Uncategorized

    Hey Mom, You are Appreciated!

    Hey mom, yes, you, the one who works 8 hours a day only to spend 4 hours with your kids before going to bed in order to prepare for the next 8 hour work day, you are appreciated! Hey mom, yes, you, the one who stays home with your kids while never getting a moment to clear your head, you are appreciated! Hey mom, yes, you, the one who decided not to immunize, who breast feeds and prefers cloth diapers, you are appreciated! Hey mom, yes, you, the one who decided that formula feeding works best for you and your baby while deciding immunizations and pampers are okay too, you…

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    My Heartbeats,Jamiyah and Jamiece

    My Girls, My Loves, My Miracles Sent from the Heavens Above I Thank God for choosing me as the vessel for your Life Baby, did you hear their Heartbeat – Yes, I hear Beat One and Beat Two Blessed, Angelic Angels Gifts from God Smiles on our face Joy in our Hearts My psyche would have never envisioned I would have to experience losing you so soon Your Sweet Breaths shortly disappeared from your being Sounds of your Precious Heartbeats has become silent Our Physical Encounter was very brief But I Thank God for every moment we shared From the first day He placed you both in My Womb I…

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    False Positive Part II

    As I sat in the room waiting on my lab results, I maintained the hope that this time would be different than before. Unfortunately, I was wrong.  After I received the lab results, the doctor came in and advised that both of my pregnancy tests were suspected to be “false positives”.  Due to my history, we later determined that I suffered a chemical pregnancy, which is often associated with “false positive” pregnancy test.  Although there was a fertilized egg, it never completely implanted or for some reason, it could not continue to grow in my uterus, which resulted in an early miscarriage.  At the time I received the positive pregnancy…

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    False Positive

    We could not believe it! Finding out on our daughter’s 2nd birthday that we were expecting again was beyond shocking.  The pregnancy tests, I took that afternoon, were both positive.  After the birth of our daughter, I was almost sure that I did not desire to biologically have any more children.  The fact that I will be turning 40- years- old in a few months, definitely played a major part in that conclusion.  My husband, on the other hand, was more open to the idea than I was.  We would have the discussion randomly, over the past couple of years, however, until recently it has not been anything that we…

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    Learning to Love Again Part II

    This article is the second part to “Learning to Love Again Part I”.  Here I will continue to share how my husband and I learned to survive in a marriage that seemed to be hopeless at times after his return from multiple deployments.  In order to save our marriage KJ and I both realized that we each had to bear the responsibility and adapt to the situation that was currently at hand.  We are thankful that God helped us to save our marriage and that we both learned how to love each other again after such a tough battle. 1. Commitment- When we marry our spouses we should always go…