“Well she’s actually safer inside.” They would freeze in discomfort clearly unsure what to say next. “She needs open heart surgery around 4-6 months old.” I would explain to another person. Next, I would erupt in a nervous giggle not wanting to make them uncomfortable, also unsure what to say…
National Zipper Day is not one I ever thought I would choose to celebrate. National Ice Cream Day, National Pizza Day, National Beach Day, sure, all of the above! Then again, I never thought my daughter would be born with critical congenital heart defects and require open heart surgery twice…
Hasta luego Heart Month and hello greater CHD Awareness! Is Heart Month ever actually over? Not likely if you’re a CHD family, you may be all about the hearts and CHD awareness all year long. And I’m here for it. I wanted to take some time to reflect on Heart…
This Heart Month, join our efforts to raise Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Awareness and shop CHD small businesses. Once you become a heart mom or heart dad, heart aunt, or heart grandma, it feels natural to want to tell everyone about your family’s warrior and spread CHD Awareness. An easy…
If you’re a heart mom like me, you likely struggle to resist buying up everything with hearts. So I wanted to share with you some of my favorites and latest finds to honor and support your heart warrior. Heart Month is almost upon us and it’s time to call attention…
CHD. What is CHD? Are you ready?? It’s almost CHD Awareness Month! I’m covering loads of CHD basics below. Use this guide to help yourself, your family and your friends understand everything they might not yet know about CHD. Help us raise CHD awareness and join the fight for all those…
Shortly after my baby was diagnosed with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), I was thrust into a new world with all different terminology, like, heart warrior. If your child is diagnosed with CHD, you start to look at hearts differently and notice them everywhere. Everything heart takes on a whole…