Amanda Trumpower
Writer for Jesus lovers who dig dragons, detectives, and droids

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Recent Posts
Day 11: Big Achievements for Twins & Falling in Love All Over Again
After our release from the hospital last night, we returned home, showered, and changed into Actual Clothes. We took ourselves out to Red Robin’s for a celebratory dinner. After nine months hiatus from blue cheese (okay, seven-and-a-half months), I enjoyed every bite...
Day 9: Parents Going Home Thursday
It’s nearly time for Josiah and I to return home! Everyone at Riverside has been lovely but I will be excited to sleep in my own bed tomorrow. We decided to divide and conquer this morning. Josiah went up to help with Justine’s bath while I stayed in the room to take...
Day 6, 7, 8: Tears, Tests, & Time
Christmas Eve was hard. It started with waking from a glorious sleep, a good breakfast of real food, and a morning visit to the kids with Mom, who gave Josiah a night off from hospital sleep with me to rest in his own bed at home. It was great to have a night without...
End of Day 5: We’re Parents!!
Thank you to everyone who showered us with prayer, encouragement, and service as last night’s heart test turned into this morning’s emergency c-section. It’s been a long day. Jayce and Justine were born at 9:30 am. I am not a fan of pregnancy nor birth, but I have to...
Day 5 Early Morning: Family of Four?
Midnight: Our midnight heart test went as poorly as the AM one. By 2 am, we were still testing with no end in sight. We've been visited by four different nurses in an attempt to get monitors correctly tracking separate kids. Ultimately, a resident doctor brought a...