Category Archives: Personal Stories

Eat, Pray, Love… and a Little Jealousy

Do you ever have one of those nights where you are working very hard to make progress, but after an hour or so, you feel like the to-do list is even longer than when you started? That’s how it is for me tonight. It’s a little discouraging, but on the other hand, I feel so...

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Labor in Love

This week Rocky left on his first TDY since his injury. I’ve spent over a year of the last five without him. These past two {short} days have triggered the independence that has been a staple of my sanity during his military career, but I’ve also been reflecting a lot about this incredible month and...

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I believe in love at first sight.

Please excuse the silence around here… the last three weeks have been a blissful beginning with our very new baby boy ♥ Damian Achilles Dozier July 5, 2010 at 12:55 PM 9 lbs 7 oz 20 inches We spent most of my pregnancy uncertain of what to name him. After Rocky’s surgery to repair his...

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40 Weeks and Counting…

I have about nine minutes left of my due date. Looks like he’ll be a little late. All day I’ve been a little on edge, very distracted. I have been constantly asking myself why I am so disappointed that this little man hasn’t arrived yet. I should know from experience that it will be soon...

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Looking forward to the beginning…

You may have noticed a very obvious lack of posts around here. It is the result of many life transforming changes going on in our little family and a very curious weariness that comes at the end of pregnancy. I still have not had the baby, so every day I try to do as much...

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