To my grieving moms on Mother's Day, This year you will wake up on Mother's Day with a piece of you missing. For some, you are a mother with no children here on earth. For others, there are siblings missing a brother or sister. A child-sized hole exists in your life that no thing and… Continue reading Mother’s Day
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Now what?
Hello there friends! Long time, no write for me. I'm not sure exactly why, but I always seem to forget how much life changes when you bring a brand new baby into the mix of life. I mean, come on, it's a tiny human that depends on you for every. little. thing...how hard can it… Continue reading Now what?
The Heart of the Problem
Yesterday was a day that has become all too familiar in our current social landscape: another mass shooting. And although the rhetoric will now turn to gun control and violence and our media will be flooded with talking heads each with their own opinions, the question that never seems to get answered is WHY? I'll… Continue reading The Heart of the Problem
Dear fellow Christians…please be quiet
Friends, believers, fellow Christ-followers I am begging you today. Please shut your mouth. I know that sounds harsh, but I mean it in the most loving manner possible. Loving, like when I tell my 3-year-old that YES he can watch Bubble Guppies if only he'll stop asking over and over and over again. Maybe it's… Continue reading Dear fellow Christians…please be quiet
Birth Plan
When my daughter was born over 5 years ago, I had all the illusions of a natural, peaceful, zen-filled delivery experience. I was the birth-plan-in-hand mama-to-be and knew exactly how this whole thing was gonna go down. I was obnoxious. Like most things in life, nothing went exactly how I imagined and (what I thought… Continue reading Birth Plan
And So The Journey Begins
I've experienced some weird things in my life, but by far the weirdest was purchasing a domain for my own name: www.sarastamp.com Shocker that one wasn't already taken! And so the journey begins - I'm going to be an author. I knew that our journey through brain cancer would have to come to an end… Continue reading And So The Journey Begins
Out of the darkness
*before I start, I feel like I need to caveat this post by saying the struggle is real....and I don't mean that in a hashtag or sarcastic way. I mean it's R.E.A.L. Even today, I can feel the enemy's physical grasp on my heart. Pulling me down into a spiral of "what ifs" and "I… Continue reading Out of the darkness
Square One
Unexpected Well, this was unexpected. Here we are facing this giant again and he seems so much bigger this time. On the phone with Layla's oncologist yesterday, I told him this feels so much worse than her original diagnosis. He replied, "It is". We thought Wednesday would be a routine MRI, we'd leave with the… Continue reading Square One
New beginnings
Fresh Start Beginnings are awesome. Marriage, babies, graduation, a leap into entrepreneurship - all of these things mean a new start. Beginnings mean hope for the future and endless possibilities, but for some parents new beginnings bring fear. Tomorrow, Layla will begin the 3rd (and hopefully) final chapter in her treatment plan. Every day, for… Continue reading New beginnings
Tired as a mother
Tired As A Mother I'm tired y'all. I'm not sure there's even a word to describe the amount of tired that I am. Exhausted, weary, zonked, enervated (that's a $5 word!) - none of those seem to do it justice. I'm sure every parent has felt completely exhausted at some point. It usually starts about… Continue reading Tired as a mother