Jennifer Chamberlain is a wife and the mother of two. Her youngest child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis while in the NICU. Jennifer has always been passionate about writing, majoring in English in college and teaching a creative writing workshop to middle school students upon graduation. She went on to receive her law degree and is currently a practicing attorney. A Southern California native, you can find her at the beach, planning her next trip, or teaching Pilates in her free time.
“I want to have a baby girl with pink hair and a baby boy when I’m a mommy,” my daughter, Claire, boldly announced as I was cooking dinner the other night. She’s a lot like other 5-year-olds, dreaming of…
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After a particularly stressful six months, I hit a breaking point a few weeks ago. I was finding myself constantly overwhelmed by life. I still feel that way to an extent. School activities, schedule changes, and behavioral issues with…
In the next two weeks, my goal is to raise thousands of dollars for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. I’ll hike 17 miles and host a Pilates fundraiser to try to reach this amount. These commitments are atop my…
Most days when I start my computer, I barely glance at my home page before shutting it down. But the other day, an article title about a “glass child” caught my eye. Something was telling me to read…
As the dust swirled nearby, I adjusted my daughter’s mask. We were in the middle of nowhere, off-roading to a mining ghost town with no cell service. The scenery was gorgeous, yet I began to second guess my decision.
Recently, we went on a trip with my husband’s family to Maui, Hawaii. The trip came after a particularly stressful two months of being displaced from our home. I was looking forward to relaxing and unplugging. But I was…
For days after having an anatomy scan, I spent most of the time lying on the couch, crying. My eyes were so swollen I had to ice them to keep them open. We were living every parent’s worst…
I can still remember my husband’s face when he walked through the doorway on that fateful summer day. We were awaiting his genetic carrier results during my second pregnancy. As a first responder, he never comes home early…
I nearly fell asleep in the bath the other night. It was after a particularly hard day with my daughter, Claire, who has cystic fibrosis (CF), and I was exhausted. The night had ended in screaming and tears…
My husband and I sit in the same waiting room we did years ago when our daughter, Claire, was a newborn. A similar sense of anxiety washes over me as I watch for her pulmonologist to emerge from the…
The day my children entered the world I felt responsible for their future path in life. As they have grown, I’ve helped them learn age-appropriate skills to hopefully enable them to be independent, successful adults. Like most parents, I…
Imagine getting a $2.5 million hospital bill within days of putting in notice to quit your full-time job. That was the exact scenario I faced in February 2019. At that time, my daughter, Claire, had just been born with…
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