Tiger Stripes and Lemonade. I know it sounds kinda like I threw two random nouns together and called it good, but I actually chose this name specifically and both these things have a meaning. Many women have heard the term “tiger stripes” as slang for the stretch marks women get during and after pregnancy. Although …
Category Archives: Keeping Up with the Febbos
Dear Rexburg
Driving away from Rexburg for the last time in a long time and wishing I could articulate my thoughts and feelings… I want to write a novel of sorts to the time I lived here and the friends I made, but I won’t bore everyone with the hundreds of pages and instead will limit it …
Perspective Deluge
“… you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain.” Or a lot of it. Life’s a bit of a storm, we all have different challenges. The bad bits can seem disastrous in a way that we may feel we will never recover. But rainbows do come. Little reprieves from the turbulence we’ve withstood. They …
Kate’s Birth Story
The weeks leading up to Kate’s birth were particularly hard for me. My anxiety and depression levels were astronomical and on a sad number of occasions there were thoughts and feelings that made me want to give up and stop living. Through the help of warren and LOTS of prayer, we made it through. I’d …
Come So Far
Nearly three months since my last post. It is no secret that the last few months of pregnancy are tough. And pregnancy after loss adds some extra loads to the third trimester as well. Not only did I face the physical trials of growing girth, extra weight, back issues, sleeping struggles etc. but I also …
Living Lemonade 