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When you’re grown and don’t need me as much.
I hope you know I loved those hours spent cross-legged on the living room floor when you were 2 and 4. Pushing cars, building puzzles,...
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FORGET ABOUT IT
We’re trying to teach Nova about apologizing. About taking responsibility for the things she does, good and “bad”. I know she’s still...
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LITTLE MISS ONE OF A KIND
My promise is one year old today. I remember so clearly the day I found out I was pregnant with you. Before I looked at the results of...
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GOD OF THE MUNDANE
-God of every day things- Would you remind me that the inconvenience of night time feeds and early morning wake ups, the things that tire...
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I WANT TO REMEMBER YOU LIKE THIS
Young, carefree, unafraid. I want to remember you like this so that I can remind you of who you truly are. Before the world and your...
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I’M (NOT) THE PERFECT MOM
Well, that’s a bummer. And guess what friend, neither are you. And neither is that mom friend of yours who packs those snack boxes for...
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THESE ARE THE FEET OF MY CHILDREN
They are my children’s feet One pair formed inside of my body, the other formed outside. One pair looks like mine, the other does not....
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PEACE OVER PANIC
Panic threatens to set in as the world screams at us to worry, bulk buy our monthly supplies, scurry to grab the last hand sanitizer from...
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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
(Disclaimer: I’m writing this under the fog of having a newborn, it’s soppy, but every word is true.) Dear Husband We’re into our second...
'And it is as if I have always known her, as if I have imagined the curve of her nose and her cute little ears. I have dreamed of her dark brown eyes. When I first held her hand, it was as though I had done so before, as though I’d known her before. As if God had prepared my heart for her, despite its hardened state.
It is as though God planted the outline of her in my heart, the smallest seed, before I even knew I needed her!"
- Cherise Swanepoel -
Adoption, Infertility & Pregnancy
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