How to love someone, while they grieve ❤️

How to love someone, while they grieve ❤️

As many of you know, just three days before my sweet Kalia was born, one of my dearest friends lost her baby in stillbirth, as well as almost losing her own life. She was scheduled to have a c-section on my birthday just four weeks later. She has two boys and was pregnant with a girl and there were too many things in common….I thought for sure she would never talk to me again {I mean, it would have been hard for me to, had roles been reversed} But I wasn’t okay with that. Alissa is one of the greatest people I have ever met, with the sweetest soul. I can’t remember how many times it was said at the beginning of our friendship “we were just meant to be friends”. I just knew there was something special about her and our friendship. I had NO idea what a blessing she would be to my life, or me to hers!

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Kalia’s Birth Story *unmedicated*

Kalia’s Birth Story *unmedicated*

On May 1, while at a monitoring appt for my gestational diabetes, I "watched" my real first contraction happen. I had been having Braxton hicks for weeks and started to feel like they were changing and getting serious, but I wasn't convinced till I actually saw it happen! The number climbed as my belly tightened, and I knew my body was preparing once again, to deliver a precious soul earth-side. But this was only the beginning of 4 long weeks of contractions, getting ready for baby girl!

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Isaiah’s Birth Story! My First Unmedicated Birth!

Isaiah’s Birth Story! My First Unmedicated Birth!

August 13, 2016 was set as my due date! Based on my last period, that's the day we could expect to welcome this new baby we'd learned about! Already, I felt like I had so much love for this baby human before I knew if it would be a girl or a boy! All of those things about not knowing if you could love number 2 as much as number 1 until you meet them were true! I felt a sense of missing my "new mom" life already! I was gonna be a momma of TWO!

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Charlie's Grand Entrance!

Charlie's Grand Entrance!

WARNING: There is absolutely NOTHING glamorous about birthing a baby, no matter what the story. So if you are not okay with somewhat graphic terms/explanations I suggest you not read! Nonetheless, this story, like many more, is miraculous and beautiful and something I will treasure forever and ever. 

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How She Met a Tongan

How She Met a Tongan

…As summer continued I ended the relationship that I was in and began focusing on myself and really preparing to move to Provo at summers end. I was continuing school to finish the Master Aesthetics program at a BEAUTIFUL school called Elase Academy, now known as National Institute of Medical Aesthetics or NIMA. As the summer came to an end and moving to Provo came creeping in on my calendar I was really excited. Elder Pome'e apparently had gained interest in me and had my phone number (from the elders phone) and asked me for my address and email…

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ADOPTION

ADOPTION

Where do I start? I wish I could tell you in words how important this subject is in my life. I can try by telling you my story. I was adopted when I was 10 days old through the LDS Family Services, through the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I was adopted to a couple who knew before they got married that they were unable to have children. They were married for seven years before they were blessed with a baby boy. My older brother was named Thomas Joseph Wheeler III after my dad and grandfather. Three years later they were blessed with a baby girl. They named me McCall Danielle Wheeler.

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