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Marriage

Life Restructured: My New Approach to Work, Home & Family

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Late Night Writing Fuel: Romaine, Cucumber, Pear Juice! Over the past couple months, I’ve focused on creating a full-time freelance writing career and it has already grown beyond my expectations. New and engaging projects and clients are coming in at a steady pace and I’m having a blast working with inspiring people on content-editing and [...]

Parenthood, Four Year Anniversary, Happiness

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Audrey in her Dad’s Fedora & her “Red Beans & Rice” New Orleans PJs Happiness is… 1. Watching Steve care for our daughter. From day one, Steve was a natural with Audrey. In the hospital, he walked around the tiny room holding and rocking her so that I could finally sleep. He did everything he [...]

Two Weeks: Welcome, Audrey!

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Note to readers: This is a birth story. Here we are, two weeks later. Our family has grown by one beautiful soul and our hearts are infinitely larger. I think Steve’s face says it best in the photo above (taken by my doula). This is minutes after Audrey joined the world. She was 10 days [...]

Still Waiting…

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40 weeks & 4 days. Eviction notice coming in 6 days. Until then, we wait. And wait. And wait. For a few days I occupied myself with old wives tales. Pineapple. Raspberry Leaf Tea. Evening Primrose. Long walks. Bouncing on the birth ball. Eggplant. Massage therapy. Spicy food. The list goes on. The car broke [...]

Ups & Downs: Waiting for Audrey

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Suddenly, at 39 weeks, pregnancy is not so easy breezy. Here come the aches, pains, and the sleepless nights! Let me preface by saying that I am so grateful that my pregnancy was smooth for the first 38 weeks and I know how lucky I am. But this past weekend my energy came to a [...]

The Homestretch

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38 weeks The final countdown is really on. I’m about 38 weeks now, so in theory Audrey could arrive any day. One of my midwives seems to think that she is “coming soon,” but I’m not holding my breath. Instead, I’m counting on her coming late so that I can relax and focus on these [...]