HILARY HAMBLIN

When the COVID-19 vaccine rolled out in December, I had my reservations. Not even a year after the virus surfaced in the US and we already had a vaccine? Was that really enough time for testing? Don’t vaccines usually take years to make? Besides all my questions, I don’t smoke, am not obese, and don’t have any major health problems. Some years ago I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis (UC), an autoimmune disease, but I’d been in remission and off medication for years. For t

A few weeks into my first motherhood gig, a friend of mine called to check in on me. I was holding the phone with one hand and cradling my weeks old baby boy in my other arm. My friend was half-way through a thought when I screamed. “Hilary? What’s wrong? Are you okay?” Concern riddle her voice. “He pooped in my hand. I have . . . poop in my hand.” Her own baby girl arrived about 8 months later. We’ve survived motherhood together along with three other women who all had babie

The ringbearer from my wedding got married this weekend. Nothing makes me feel old like the 5-year-old from my wedding taking his own bride. It was a beautiful ceremony with some fun moments that made their ceremony uniquely theirs. I’m praying blessings over them as they begin their lives together. Sitting through their wedding with tears in my eyes (yes, I cry at weddings), I couldn’t help but think of our wedding and the years we’ve spent together since. In May, we’ll cele