While the average person needs eight 8-ounce glasses of water each day, an expectant mother needs to increase her water intake up to 12 8-ounce glasses per day.  Water is incredibly important during each trimester. 

Pregnancy is a wonderful time in the life of a new parent.  It can be overwhelming but the joy of having your newborn far outweighs the struggles. But what happens when you experience loss during your pregnancy?  Whether someone experiences grief because of an abortion or loss through miscarriage, stillbirth or losing a baby after birth, grief is real. It can often be misunderstood and treated differently than any other grief.

Pregnancy.  It’s a wonderful thing.  But it can also be an overwhelming, emotional and uncertain time; especially if you find yourself as an unwed student with dreams and aspirations that a pregnancy may threaten to change the course of. 

It’s summer and the produce is abundant at the farmer’s market, produce aisle and gardens everywhere.  Fresh vegetables are ripe and ready for the tasting. 

School is out for just a bit longer for some of us, and you have probably heard the phrase “I’m bored”, a time or two over the last few months.  There are so many fun things to do during the summer. 

There’s only one thing more precious than our time and that’s who we spend it on. ~ Leo Christopher