Third Time's The Charm

We will tell him this pregnancy was hard. I will describe to him the nights I laid wide awake, awash in worry and regret. The pandemic frightened me but the sight of two lines on a test tipped me over. I will speak of the moments his father and I fought, argued, and wished for what was not.

In a span of three years, we went from dreaming, hoping, and praying to holding our breaths and bracing ourselves for impact. Carrying an unplanned baby in the midst of a pandemic while juggling two young toddlers – that idea packs a punch. The conceived has become inconceivable…

MotherhoodDeanne BanaresOctober 18, 2020parenting, motherhood, surprise, pregnancy, children, loveComment

Going Home

Homeschooling. We’ve opted to go the crazy path and not sign up for any online classes. I have no plastic envelopes filled with lesson plans and worksheets. I stared in horror at the empty calendar my child was going to have this year. What in this lockdown-crazed earth are we going to do? One hard look at my child and the answer was right in front of me: follow him…

MotherhoodDeanne BanaresOctober 6, 2020Homeschooling, Motherhood, Children, Learning Comment

Our Second Home

It was never ours to keep. It was never mine to design. And, especially throughout the last few months, privacy was always elusive.

But it was our sacred duty to live in it.

Two years ago, with a baby in our arms, we entered the doors of our second home. And ever since then, this place bore witness to the best of times and the worst of it.