Childbirth Archives - Soft In Hard Places https://lisapullenkent.com/category/childbirth/ Musings on Mothering, Metamorphosis and More Sun, 07 Jun 2026 23:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://i0.wp.com/lisapullenkent.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-daisies-2485064_1920-1-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Childbirth Archives - Soft In Hard Places https://lisapullenkent.com/category/childbirth/ 32 32 52246340 Rockin’ The Socks for World Down Syndrome Day https://lisapullenkent.com/rockin-the-socks-for-world-down-syndrome-day/ https://lisapullenkent.com/rockin-the-socks-for-world-down-syndrome-day/#respond Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:00:36 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=2296 This simple, profound truth alights on me continuously in her presence: "What's really important is right in front of you. Stop rushing past and see it. Stop running on adrenaline and feel it. Stop drowning it out and listen." Continue reading →

The post Rockin’ The Socks for World Down Syndrome Day appeared first on Soft In Hard Places.

]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/rockin-the-socks-for-world-down-syndrome-day/feed/ 0 2296 Just Breathe https://lisapullenkent.com/just-breathe/ https://lisapullenkent.com/just-breathe/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2020 19:47:33 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1217 Re-posted from March 6, 2014 “I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart.I am, I am, I am.” Sylvia Plath There’s a stillness that descends on the hospital late at night, softening the harshness … Continue reading →

The post Just Breathe appeared first on Soft In Hard Places.

]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/just-breathe/feed/ 0 1217 And Miles To Go Before I Sleep https://lisapullenkent.com/and-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep/ https://lisapullenkent.com/and-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2014 03:40:36 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1407 It comes in five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and, finally, defeat. I mean, acceptance. The stages aren’t always in that order and some resurface frequently. Like bargaining. Especially bargaining. We all know one should never negotiate with terrorists, even if they are tiny. Continue reading →

The post And Miles To Go Before I Sleep appeared first on Soft In Hard Places.

]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/and-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep/feed/ 2 1407 Through Grammy’s Eyes: A Birth Story https://lisapullenkent.com/through-grammys-eyes-a-birth-story/ https://lisapullenkent.com/through-grammys-eyes-a-birth-story/#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 22:13:42 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1315 Every birth has a story, ripe for the telling, though the tale varies with the perspective of the teller. The closest view belongs to the mother; it is her body, after all, that houses the new life, she who evicts … Continue reading →

The post Through Grammy’s Eyes: A Birth Story appeared first on Soft In Hard Places.

]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/through-grammys-eyes-a-birth-story/feed/ 4 1315 The Long Haul https://lisapullenkent.com/the-long-haul/ https://lisapullenkent.com/the-long-haul/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:34:18 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=1227 I’m washing up in a restroom at the Oklahoma City airport and for a moment I can’t place my location: hospital? hotel? restaurant? Elegant water faucets and gleaming granite countertops add to my sense of disorientation. I don’t even recognize … Continue reading →

The post The Long Haul appeared first on Soft In Hard Places.

]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/the-long-haul/feed/ 2 1227 Just Like That https://lisapullenkent.com/just-like-that/ https://lisapullenkent.com/just-like-that/#respond Sun, 05 Jan 2014 02:40:50 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=980 Aaaaaaand just like that, Christmas is over.  The preparation, the anticipation, the actualization; come and gone for another year.  My beautiful live tree adorned in sparkling red and gold is dead, morphed into an endearing Dr. Suess caricature; its pliant … Continue reading →

The post Just Like That appeared first on Soft In Hard Places.

]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/just-like-that/feed/ 0 980 Accouchement https://lisapullenkent.com/accouchement/ https://lisapullenkent.com/accouchement/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:42:54 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=192 My husband and I had dinner last week with another couple, friends of ours expecting their first child(ren), twins, and expecting them soon. As we joked about the wife’s swelling feet and widening girth, (and the good fortune that her … Continue reading →

The post Accouchement appeared first on Soft In Hard Places.

]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/accouchement/feed/ 1 192 Joined at the Strands https://lisapullenkent.com/joined-at-the-strands/ https://lisapullenkent.com/joined-at-the-strands/#respond Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:29:14 +0000 http://lisapullenkent.com/?p=49 Sister, you been on my mind. Sister, we’re two of a kind. Oh, sister, I’m keepin’ my eye on you. ‘Miss Celie’s Blues’ from TheColor Purple. My little sister thinks I hung the moon.  Even though I tortured her when … Continue reading →

The post Joined at the Strands appeared first on Soft In Hard Places.

]]> https://lisapullenkent.com/joined-at-the-strands/feed/ 0 49