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Poems #2: "Howling," "Halfway to Breath," and "All That Lasts"
Poems on the womb's mystical cycle: life before my daughter, life while growing my daughter, and now life holding my daughter.
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God Doesn't Care Who Does the Dishes
Young 30-something woman coexists successfully in her multiple roles as wife, mother, and business owner because she is, contrary to society's labeling…
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I Want to Be Hot and Rich
I would love to eat homemade sourdough but I don't want to make homemade sourdough so I would love for a private chef to come make it for me.
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Motherhood Has Revoked My Cool Girl Card and Now I Am Boring
17-year-old me is raising an eyebrow at 32-year-old me while Taking Back Sunday blares through her headphones and she dreams of a bold life free of…
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How Love Can Stop Time
A photoessay on new motherhood and the paradox of willing time to stop while willing love to grow.
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The Softening, A Love Story
A mini personal essay about the gentle expansion of love I have felt after giving birth to my first child, from a woman who has never felt "soft."
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Mom's Shelf #1: Magical Realism and Stephen King
Emerging from my newborn cocoon, shuffling to the changing table to the beat of Pink Pony Club.
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No Revision for My Incision Decision
Why choosing to have a scheduled cesarean delivery was the best choice for me and my baby.
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Poems #1: "Midnight Feedings" & "Blink"
Poetry about preserving the present, birthed from my creaky rocking chair.
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Mother Love Letters
Mother Love Letters
Intimate words on the messy and magical shared experiences of pregnancy and motherhood.

Mother Love Letters

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