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In the history of posts made over the last 5 years, this one will be the shortest. A ton has changed since I conceived of this blog 6...

I just kind of sat there for a second, the air between The Question and I pregnant with a thousand thoughts and responses. It bore...

Ever since I found out I was pregnant the first time I have been writing letters. Journal entries really, to the girls. First Aurora,...

I had an epiphany this week. It's one that I've skirted around and had glimpses of here and there, but one that's never fully stepped...

Dear Fitness Instructor: I know what you meant Eying me and my postpartum 20. “So…what is your fitness level?” To polite to say “do you...

My 3 year old, like many a 3 year old before her, loves her "babies". It is not uncommon to find her snuggled in at night with 2 giant...

Here's the dill pickles; I lost my shit. I mean like... 100% LOST IT It was a combination of sleep deprivation, postpartum hormones, the...

Have you seen the, ‘I just want to be the person my dog thinks I am” memes? Come on, you have. They look like this; Or this; I have my...

Trigger Warning: The following blog post contains language that those with disordered eating or other addiction issues might find...

Here’s the timeline: Thursday (Dec 8th) I got a call from daycare that Aurora had a runny nose. Took her to the doctor for a covid, rsv...

I don’t know what it was like for all of you that had young children in a pre-pandemic daycare system but speaking on behalf of those of...

I had a dream the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. I was hanging out in this run-down trailer smoking pot with two kids I knew in college,...

I just shit myself in public. And by “just” I mean my hair is still wet from the shower, and I pressed start on the laundry about 2...

We took our new baby out for a neighborhood stroll the other day. As we walked past our neighbors house, husband said, "hey, let's go...

“That was fast! Came out in one push. Now, let’s look at that leg” Being just 5 days postpartum from an emergency c-section, the dr.’s...

Today I Made my daughter an omelet while preparing for a meeting with the county. He went to work, no child in tow, and did so with the...

I want to talk to ya'll about a common turn of phrase that shows up in the lexicon a lot. The term is "I fucked up". And I hear it...

2020 was bananas. Ba.Na.Nas. A global pandemic, economic crisis, political meltdown, coups, race riots in the streets, mayhem and death....

I was 21 years old before I ever made a mistake. True story. I had started a new job waiting tables at a local fine dining establishment...

I joined New Mount Olive Missionary Baptist church when my good friend Datrian, whom I was in a singing group with at the time, invited...