The Perils of Googling–Learning About the Loss of My Bio. Dad

It all started innocently enough one late evening in February of 2008. Progressively pregnant and increasingly more exhausted, I mindlessly surfed the Internet while I was watching TV in bed. Just like so many times before, I typed my biological father’s name into the...

I’m back and have A LOT of catching up to do!

After a long hiatus, I’m back! Olivia Eva Sophia Ohden joined the world on April 26, 2008 at 1:47 am. She is an absolute blessing! Good natured, beautiful, and full of life, she is the love of our lives! Unbelievable things (most good, some bad) have occurred since my...

Crossing the invisible line

Although getting to sleep each night has become more and more difficult, what with the basketball of a stomach that I am sporting, the night sweats that I have, and the scorching heartburn, I thankfully get a lot of thinking done during all of that late night tossing...

The greatest gift I can give my child

December 13, 2007 So, I’ve been thinking A LOT. Isn’t it fascinating that our first child is going to be a girl?! It’s like everything is coming full circle. The first daughter that was not supposed to have life is going to give life to her first daughter. This is no...