Samantha Woodward

On Sunday June 9th, we had the opportunity to walk in the Philadelphia Pride Parade with Jefferson Health. Last year, Jefferson Health had only 20 participants and this year they increased their support by over 200 people. Organizations such as Jefferson Health and many others came together to show their support for the LGBTQIA+ community by walking along side others in the Pride Parade. Dozens of moms and dads lined the streets wearing “Free Mom/Dad Hugs”, something I didn’t realize would become a large impact on those walking in the parade.

I thought I wanted a personal blog and part of me does. But instead of venting or sharing the joys in my life, I want to share the reasons for those joys through a little bit of everything. You’ll get a toss up between favorite recipes, craft ideas, mom hacks and so much more. June is LGBTQIA+ Pride month and this month I’ll be dedicating my blog to rainbow themed crafts, support systems, and so much more.

I took some time off from writing, a lot of time off actually because I didn’t really know what I wanted this blog to be. But her personality it’s borderline concerning, nope.. She can be the sweetest girl one moment and change as if someone just flipped a switch. For months, we noticed sensory issues mostly relating to water but we just assumed she would grow out of it.

It wasn’t that I didn’t want to carry my own biological child, she was just older We can’t relate to those couples that have tried and lost because that didn’t happen. I guess in a sense I was, when I say that I couldn’t wait to have kids, it doesn’t even begin to explain my passion for it. I didn’t want to be deemed a horrible parent, I didn’t want people to think negatively of me.