'Cuz I'm almost out of hosting space on my account this is going to be the last podcast for July.

But that doesn't mean you can't support our Hudson's Heroes fundraising efforts!

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A quick fun one!

Can you believe I was talking about iPhone 5 in this episode? Sheesh. This was recorded on my 2 year old iPhone 16 LOL.

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One entry and a longer ramble about the book of Esther and how even when God isn't mentioned, He's working. I meant to say this when I recorded it (I thought it while on a walk) - God doesn't need credit.

More links I made sure to include:

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One final weekend left to run a 5K and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm donating the 'race fees' to the Forget-Me-Not Program.

You can also donate directly by clicking here.

We finally had the birthday cake for Hudson with family today. I had high expectations of myself and my ability to communicate very deep and loving things to the people who carried us through those tough weeks after Hudson died. But I was basically a shell of a human. And sometimes you just have only that much to give.

I'm realizing how much of our experience with Hudson has been sanded down to only reveal the uplifting, the 'what we get because of her' stuff instead of the 'what we don't get and were robbed of' angle. And maybe its heavier than I'm realizing, or maybe I'm just exhausted from the day I had. Either way I felt like these show notes were important to include something about the fact that you can be both - both angry and hopeful, totally zoned out but still a good parent, great at loving your family but bad on this particular day with words.

This is the more eloquent way of saying what I ramble on for 5 minutes about at the end of today's episode. But hopefully you're still enjoying the listen. I'm so grateful for the support.

More links I made sure to include:

Buy the book on Amazon

Run a 5K ANY TIME in July and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm running one every weekend and donating the 'race fees' to the Forget-Me-Not Program.

Donate directly by clicking here.

How am I having LESS time on non-play days to get to this than on play days?

This one recorded in my car waiting for groceries + on the drive home... safety first.

Buy the book on Amazon if you want to see pictures of Hudson!

Run a 5K ANY TIME in July and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm running one every weekend and donating the 'race fees' to the Forget-Me-Not Program.

You can also donate directly by clicking here.

...complete with random closet-floor musings, I present to you the 20th day in a row of publishing a podcast episode!

I don't have to come up with new content, but I do have to read content I wrote in some of the saddest days of my life. And you're listening to it, you brave souls!

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Run a 5K ANY TIME in July and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm running one every weekend and donating the 'race fees' to the Forget-Me-Not Program.

Donate directly by clicking here.

Another day of Disney's Newsies means this is another shortie episode, just ONE little snippet from the Meet Baby Dub book for you.

Suspense killin' ya? Wish you could get your hands on the whole shebang, plus pics?

Buy the book on Amazon and you can read the whole thing in one sitting (or just have it and donate to a great cause)!

You can also run a 5K ANY TIME in July and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm running one every weekend and donating the 'race fees' to the Forget-Me-Not Program.

Speaking of which, you can also donate directly by clicking here.

Can you believe we are still doing this? Haven't missed day.

Buy the book on Amazon if you want to see pictures of Hudson!

Run a 5K ANY TIME in July and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm running one every weekend and donating the 'race fees' to the Forget-Me-Not Program.

Speaking of which, you can also donate directly by clicking here.

Hudson Month continues with a few quick memories that I had forgotten... and some musings on how, even when we face the worst things and think we're going to have a totally reframed perspective, life still lifes. A little grace for you if you're in a season where life is lifin' you.

Buy the book on Amazon if you want to see pictures of Hudson!

Run a 5K ANY TIME in July and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm running one every weekend and donating the 'race fees' to the Forget-Me-Not Program.

Speaking of which, you can also donate directly by clicking here.

Our Hudson Month read-through of the Meet Baby Dub book continues, this time with a short detour into the heavy world of 'what if.'

What if I hadn't gotten the epidural?

What if I had accepted the suggestion of a C-section sooner?

What if I hadn't let people in the labor room while I was having contractions?

What if is dangerous territory, territory I don't like to hang out in too long. So we kept today short, and we'll be back and perhaps a bit lengthier tomorrow.

Until then - work hard mom harder love HARDEST. We are changing the world, bit by bit.

Buy the book on Amazon if you want to see pictures of Hudson!

Run a 5K ANY TIME in July and use the #hudsonsheroesrunners + tag me @workhardmomharder! I'm running one every weekend and donating the 'race fees' to the Forget-Me-Not Program.

Speaking of which, you can also donate directly by clicking here.