My younger son takes so much of my effort and energy that I frequently worry about accidentally neglecting my older son. This was a big fear of mine going into the summer because we’re doing a lot of new therapies for my younger son and I felt bad that my oldest son is going to…
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Crushed
Crushing. That’s my word right now. I feel crushing inside of me, my back feels tight and I feel a crushing feeling like my fascia and muscles are just squeezing and crushing the nerves causing pain down my left leg. Crushing. Like the snow we got yesterday, in mid April, that is so heavy and…
The Empowerment of Motherhood
I did something yesterday that I’ve never done before. I got into a yelling match in the public library parking lot with a complete stranger. To be fair, he yelled at me first. If you read my Instagram post from a few days ago, you know that my 3 yo has some impulsivity issues when…
You Are Exactly What Your Child Needs
Today was rough. It didn’t start out that way, it was actually a really good day. Then on the way home from the park my 3 yo ran into the street. He *technically* stopped first for like a millisecond and *technically* looked both ways as he was running toward the street and there were THANKFULLY…
A Letter To Myself: Miscarriage and Loss
Dear 6 years ago Me, You feel so sad. You are still emotionally recovering from your 3rd early miscarriage. And it was awful because you and your husband were visiting friends and their 4 month old baby out of town when you started bleeding. Starting a family was the only thing you wanted and you…