Category: milestone

  • A Birth Story

    A Birth Story

    My son is now four months old, and I finally have both the time and desire to post about his birth. While a lot of things are too private or precious to share, I couldn’t not write about one of the most important events of my life! It was the first lesson in having kids:…

  • Round Two

    Round Two

    As I’ve written about here, I miscarried my first pregnancy last August. I’ve been under the care of a fertility specialist ever since. Most women have to endure several miscarriages before getting specialized care; my quick referral came thanks to being 40 and having a fibroid the size of a peach. (I could write a…

  • Found and Lost

    Found and Lost

      The first few months of marriage are usually a transition. Mine have been more of a tidal wave. I started living with Taylor right after our June wedding, but the new tenants for my old place didn’t move in until Labor Day weekend. In the interim, we (mostly Taylor and my dad) executed the…

  • Our Wedding Story

    Our Wedding Story

    I know it’s taken me almost a month to post about my wedding, but as you might imagine, life has been pretty hectic! I was also waiting to get all my pictures back from my amazing photographer, Cassie Cardwell, and her assistant Mariah. All photos in this post are copyright The Warmth Around You and…

  • An Engagement Story

    An Engagement Story

    Taylor and I met online, but not on a dating app. We connected on Twitter a few years ago (I don’t know exactly when) through Memphis Grizzlies and Tigers Twitter, which is a fairly small community. He lived in Atlanta at the time. We had little exchanges now and then, and I kind of noticed…