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Blog postControl is one of the things you are forced to relinquish when your baby is sick. In the NICU, you relinquish almost everything. One thing you aren’t forced to relinquish, however, is your voice. You are told to speak up for and speak to your baby as much as possible. So how can you do that? More and more research is proving that reading to your children prior to kindergarten strengthens parent-child relationships and teaches valuable learning skills that can’t otherwise be learned.
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Blog postThunderstorms are tricky. We're never certain when they're coming. We don't know how long they'll last. We don't know the damage they'll cause in their wake. It can be difficult to imagine the sunshine on the horizon in the midst of chaos. Grief is the same way. When we lose someone we love, it can be difficult to imagine life without them. How will we ever return to a level of normalcy after the storm of loss settles? How do we move on? Can we really move on? We have to remember to count
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Blog postListen as I discuss the early birth of my son, Beckett, and the seven-month NICU stay that followed. I also talk about enduring the ups and downs of that NICU stay that ultimately ended with the death of my son and the intense grief that followed. I discuss how blogging about my experience and eventually writing a book helped me cope with the situation.
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Blog postThe lights were brighter this year I think. The decorations were more colorful. The streets were lined with garland and signs were posted in store windows counting down the days. I put our lights up outside, helped my wife put the tree up inside, the Christmas music was on, and I was awaiting the inevitable Christmas joy I should have been feeling. Only, I wasn’t feeling joy. I felt pain. I felt guilt. I felt lost. It had been months since I’d lost my son and Christmas was supposed to be
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Blog postFrom Love to Loss: A NICU Odyssey is a book about the parent who has loved their child more than anything, but still felt anxiety. It's about the families in every NICU around the globe longing for one more day with their baby. It's about the parents who have experienced loss, a pain no parent should ever have to go through. It's about the odyssey we all undertake in our lives when we love so much and then lose. It's about persevering when everything inside of you is telling you that you
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Blog postI was on my way to work one morning, listening to an Audiobook, and as we often do I wasn’t really paying attention. I was glaring off into the morning sunrise and I was thinking. The audiobook was called The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel. It’s about a defense attorney, getting up in front of folks who question the existence of Jesus, and making a case for why we should believe in him. Specifically, the section of the book I was in was Strobel’s case for the resurrection of Christ. La
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Blog postIt’s a funny thing, growing up. When you’re young, you feel like you have the whole world figured out when, in reality, you’re just beginning to think about it differently. When you’re an adult, you feel as if the world is crumbling around you and you realize just how little you thought you knew. The problems I thought I had when I was young are minuscule to the ones I actually have now. And yet, I now find myself counting the problems I do have as blessings. Instead of problems that happen
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Blog postAdults have reservations about everything. You’re either a democrat or a republican, pro gun or anti-gun, pro-life or pro-choice, Fox News or CNN. The status quo dictates we have a strong dislike for the people who oppose our opinion. You literally CANNOT BE a democratic presidential candidate in 2019 who happens to be pro-life and pro-second amendment. Why is that? Why can’t two grown adults with opposing opinions sit down and have an educated, yet respectful, conversation regarding their diffe
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Blog postAnxiety is the most common mental health disorder in the United States, affecting 40 million adults (ADAA, 2019). It can lead to compulsivity, panic attacks, and depression. It affects many people, yet the majority of us still treat it as though it doesn’t exist or can’t affect us. There are a multitude of things that increase my anxiety. I’ve been epileptic since 2012. Having a cognitive electrical imbalance in the brain predisposes me to anxiety. Having a sick child in the NICU, I’ve had to te
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Blog postEvery Disney movie is inundated with life lessons. Whether it’s communicated via a farting warthog, a roaring lion, or a wily meerkat, it really doesn’t matter. The universality of these lessons are meant to portray a simplistic scenario, which you can then use to apply to your own life. Being in the NICU with a sick child is as difficult a test as they come. When you’re there, you have no comparison to base your current circumstance on, as everyone’s path is unique. You are tested in more ways
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