My sweet, beautiful, bright-eyed, and goofy Bazooka—it’s YOUR birthday! It goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway) that this year has simultaneously been the best and the most challenging of my life. 12 months ago, I held you in my arms for the first time and stared at your sweet dimples, your tiny mouth,…
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Motherhood: What I *Said* vs. What I *Did*
When you’re newly pregnant, everybody seems to know what’s best for you. Much of the advice you receive is useful and well-meaning, yet sometimes it causes you to roll your eyes and mutter “whatever, I’ll never do that” in response. As cliché as it sounds, the best advice or expectation new mothers can take to…
Thinking Out Loud: Mommy Guilt
Let’s have some real talk today. As Baby M approaches his 9 month birthday this Saturday, I’ve been reflecting on my new life as “mommy.” Motherhood is more rewarding and fulfilling than I ever imagined. On days where I’m exhausted from late nights or stressed from a busy week at work, nothing makes me feel…
How I know I’m a mother…
Some days, it still doesn’t seem real that Baby M is my child—whom I created (well, with a little help from my husband), nurtured for 9 months, and birthed. Other times, I can’t imagine my life before he came into the world. Motherhood is unpredictable, wild, and frustrating at times, but it’s an absolutely exhilarating…
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