Category: Mom Life

  • She’s Here

    There it was, another needle, puncturing my soft skin. I have good veins, I hear. Apparently not good enough for the student nurse trying to place the IV into my arm. Of course, I get the student nurse. I pretend not to be terrified of this. My baby was coming today and I would subject…

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    The Stay

    Hoag Hospital was like a 5 star hotel. My room overlooked the ocean, sail boats lined the bay in the horizon. Somewhere over there, in the far distance I could call out the Ferrari dealership and fancy restaurants that I knew so well because I passed them everyday on my way to the office. This…