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Nurse Shoes

July 15, 2011 by Elaine

I wanted Blake to win but I knew he wasn’t going to. I’d invested so much emotionally in this season and now here I was at the end of it, in a hospital bed with my newborn baby lying on my chest, painkillers making me less “me”.  Jordan won instead. As American Idol blared in…

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Filed Under: babies, nursing, TRDC, writing

Very, Very Sick

October 15, 2009 by Elaine

Turns out mothers of newborns aren’t exempt from the stomach flu. It took over my body sometime in the 9 o’clock hour on Tuesday night (and you all know what that entails!) and I am just now feeling somewhat human again. My MIL has taken excellent care of me – providing ginger ale, noodle soup…

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Filed Under: Elaine, Life, nursing

It Was the Last Time & I Didn’t Even Know It

October 2, 2008 by Elaine

Sometime last Saturday was the last time Little G nursed. As far as I can tell it was the last time EVER. Today he didn’t even try to go there. And now, I am crying. It’s the end of something that at first I wasn’t even sure I wanted. The end of something I realized…

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Filed Under: Little G, Motherhood, nursing

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Miss Elaine-ous Me

Hi! I'm Elaine, a transplanted Texan who has spent almost 15 years living in Cajun country. I am re-married to Brandon and we have five kids: together, ages 19, 16, 16, 14 and 14 and crazy but lovely dog, Charlie. I am also an office manager, occasional writer, prayer, and lover of life! Find me on Instagram (misselaine0375) and contact me at misselaineous0375 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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