Why It Happened: The Truth About Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding

Go here for Olive’s story: Part 1 and Part 2 This may be the hardest part of Olive’s story that I will write. The part where I admit that what happened to her was nearly 100% preventable. And yet it happened. It happened because she didn’t receive her dose of Vitamin K when she was born. … Continue reading →

Battle Scars

When I was 15 or 16 years old, a stranger at Church came up to me while I was washing my hands in the bathroom and told me I was beautiful. I cried when I got home, because I couldn’t bring myself to believe she was telling the truth. A teenage girl’s perception of beauty … Continue reading →

A Baby Story: Josephine Jacqueline Leavitt

It started the night before my birthday.   At first, I thought this was kind of lame. Still really excited, but…Josephine was due a week before my birthday. What are the chances she came on the same day? I so did not want to share! But if she was coming, she was coming, and there really … Continue reading →