Clarissa R. West

{This site may contain affiliate links and collect cookies. Please read my full disclosure and privacy policy for more info.} I created this blog, because I wanted someplace to share about our family outside of Abigail’s CaringBridge. A place where I could write about our ‘every day’ stuff, not just the medical, factual things. Of course, this blog was intended to…
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 I am struggling. I am struggling with how to grieve and how to comprehend that I should grieve at all. Baby is more active now than it has ever been. In fact, it seems that every since we were told that baby would not survive, baby has been moving like crazy. Baby has grown (whether it is normal growth or…
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(This is my son, Elijah’s, story.) We ended up going to get my ultrasound done on Tuesday. We were having a hard time knowing what to do since our van was in the shop and my usual babysitter wasn’t available. We decided to drive the jeep (which was on its last leg and is now in the shop) to my in-laws…
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