by Brittany Shives | Jul 4, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life
When my husband and I found out we were expecting our first child, we wrapped up the ultrasound picture and gave it to my mother as an early birthday present. We were due just one day before her birthday. However, instead of the two of them sharing a birthday, my...
by Alison Epps | Dec 20, 2013 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, NICU Life
There is no denying that the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is one of the most difficult places to be over the holidays. Finding joy and ways to celebrate in a place filled with so much uncertainty and fear can feel next to impossible. I know it did for us at...
by Melissa McMurchy | Dec 21, 2012 | Emotional Health, Grief & Bereavement
Holidays were a rather difficult time for our family the first year. The girls were born in May so they were apart for their first; father’s day, 4th of July, daddy’s birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, mommy’s birthday, Valentine’s day and St. Patrick’s...
by Kasey Mathews | Dec 19, 2012 | Emotional Health
I used to love the holidays. The sparkle of white lights, the smell of evergreen, the sound of Bing Crosby Christmas carols. And then I spent a Christmas in our home, while our baby lay in an incubator in a hospital an hour away. That year, the arrival of Christmas...
