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Since my husband & I started trying to burgeon our family in 2018, two years after we got married & two years after the seed of parenthood was planted in my heart, the journey/path/road has been bumpy, rocky, & oh so very curvy.
Pass the sick bag, ya’ll. Because this mama-in-waiting is carsick.
This is a community dedicated to raw accounts of mine, & my husband’s, experiences. Put together & shared totally openly & vulnerably. In hopes to connect & hopefully help others feel less alone in this terribly isolating endeavor.
In a world where parenthood is seen as a feather in one’s cap, used as a catalyst to complain, or an inconvenience to grumble & roll your eyes about…this is a safe place & haven.
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my love, my life
We have, unexpectedly, decided to wean. We are taking cues from our girl, & while she’s ready, & I am not. Up until this morning, I had been down to one pump a day when I could stand it. It wasn’t consistent. I’ve tried everything I could possibly think to make even that more tolerable…
Bejeweled
It is December 9th & it is almost 9 months, to the day, since I last put fingers to keys & shared my thoughts with all of you. I am currently sitting on my couch, sipping a nice glass of pinot noir with the glow of our Christmas tree’s colored lights (I am a “WHITE…
Believe in Belief
It’s December 16, 2022. We should have a 3-year-old, or almost 3-year-old right now. And, to be quite honest, I’m having a lot of complicated feelings about that this year. Many people, while in the thick of trying to grow our family, told us that when we had our baby in our arms & lives…
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This is my winter song. / December never felt so wrong, / ‘Cause you’re not where you belong; / Inside my arms.
Ingrid Michaelson and Sara Bareilles, “Winter Song.”
And I couldn’t be sure / I had a feeling so peculiar / This pain wouldn’t be for / Evermore / Evermore / Evermore / This pain wouldn’t be for evermore / Evermore
Taylor Swift, “evermore.”
Soulstice: Return of the Light 