by Kelli Kelley | May 21, 2014 | Inspiration, Life after the NICU, News
One of my favorite books to read to my kids when they were young was Little Miss Spider. It is a sweet story about the love of an adoptive mother. “On the very first day of Miss Spider’s life, she pops out of her egg to find her brothers and sisters scooting all...
by Carolyn Leighton-Hilborn | Apr 9, 2014 | Emotional Health, Family Stories, Fatherhood, NICU Life, Pregnancy & Bedrest
If you’re anything like me, while growing up you didn’t have a real-life connection to a mother who experienced a multiple-births pregnancy. Instead you may have been accustomed to believe the romanticized and perfect versions of having multiples, which you might have...
by Michelle Hensel | Apr 7, 2014 | Emotional Health, NICU Life, Siblings
Almost four years have past since our time in the NICU. During that time our former micro-preemie twins have grown into active little toddlers. When I reflect back on our time in the NICU what usually stands out in my mind are the traumatic times. Trauma has a way of...
by Michelle Hensel | Dec 23, 2013 | Emotional Health, Inspiration, NICU Life
Though they weighed only a little over a pound each and though they arrived 16 weeks too early, they had some pretty important life lessons to teach me. Life lessons were not on my mind as I spent countless hours in the NICU with my micro-preemie twins. Nor was it...
by Guest Blogger | Oct 30, 2013 | Family Stories, Fatherhood, Grief & Bereavement
I have been promising myself that I would write about the death of my twins when I was ready. Ever since that fateful day more than 11 years ago, I have tried to write, dozens of times, but my attempts have drawn many tears and very few words. I tried again very...
