by Amanda Trumpower | Jun 17, 2021 | Collar Cases, Faith Reflections, Family, Mutant Merry Men, My Books, Video Blog, Writing
The following text is the written adaptation of the vlog update enhanced with links to outside content. Hey everybody! It’s time for another video update on book status and general life updates. This update starts a little differently than most: I am sad to...
by Amanda Trumpower | Mar 13, 2019 | Twin Mom
After much anticipation, I am excited to share that while Justine and I were laying on the floor playing, she graced me with her first smile! Which I missed. Because I had my eyes closed. Darn! Other things she’s started to do: look around with interest, study...
by Amanda Trumpower | Mar 8, 2019 | Twin Mom
I generally wait a day before sharing some of our darker highlights to avoid any risk of melodrama. This isn’t so much one coherent narrative as it as a Nutri-Bullet blend of ups, downs, stress. What feels like four weeks of life squashed and puréed into about six...
by Amanda Trumpower | Jan 10, 2019 | From Hospital to Home
Justine had a breathing incident shortly after the doctors gave her the green light to come home tomorrow. Hospital policy says patients need to go five days without having an incident before release. Today is Day 0, so provided she doesn’t do this again, earliest...
by Amanda Trumpower | Jan 6, 2019 | From Hospital to Home
I am not a fan of today’s news. We received a phone call yesterday evening from the nurse practitioner. Jayce has a urinary tract infection. To treat it quickly with antibiotics, they had to put his IV back in. He should immediately feel better once the...