Living in Bristol, England (Williams Life Update)

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Living in Bristol, England (Williams Life Update)

Friends, in case you didn’t know, I’m thrilled to share with you we have moved to the UK! Bristol, England, to be exact. On Monday, March 25th, we boarded a flight with our two boys and kissed Texas goodbye. While, yes, the move is temporary… we packed all we could into our three checked bags and started our travel across the pond. The boys did great, but I’ll share more about traveling with toddlers later. For now, let’s connect some dots. Since this Facebook post and this Instagram reel, questions have poured in. So, I’ve decided to end the post with a Q+A of sorts. But first, I’ll share how we even got to this decision:

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Our Stillbirth Story

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Our Stillbirth Story

On June 14, 2023, I delivered our third child, stillborn.

These past six weeks have held some of the deepest pain I have ever experienced. And while writing, for me, has always been therapeutic, I began to sense God’s leading to share our story. I just hope a mom out there - somewhere, anywhere - feels less alone about miscarriage, pregnancy loss, and/or stillbirth upon reading this.

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Ten Months, Too Long: A Letter About Motherhood and Life Lately

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Ten Months, Too Long: A Letter About Motherhood and Life Lately

Dear reader,

It’s been ten months since I’ve shared anything on this blog. Ten months, too long. No blogs about Josiah and his cleft journey, no further pregnancy blogs, no baby Abner blogs (though he most certainly is now out of the womb, praise God, and growing like crazy), no ministry-related blogs, travel blogs, or recipe blogs. Nada.

I was on a flight to London in late June and I found myself looking around wondering…

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Gender Reveal + 20 Weeks Pregnant Bumpdate

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Gender Reveal + 20 Weeks Pregnant Bumpdate

On Wednesday, October 27th, Calvin and I headed to the medical imagining facility my OB/GYN sends all her patients to for their in-depth anatomy scan. Not only would we be finding out the gender of baby #2 during this visit, but also making sure baby was growing well and no cleft lip/cleft palate was detected.

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Cleft Palate Repair (hour by hour breakdown + tips for recovery)

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Cleft Palate Repair (hour by hour breakdown + tips for recovery)

Be advised, Josiah’s palate repair was the hardest thing we’d done on this journey so far. This read may seem heavy, really heavy. But by the end you, parents to cleft warriors or faithful reader, will find hope. As we have. Because as dark as the night may be, the light always overcomes it. Now, let the hour by hour breakdown of this surgery day begin.

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