Hi, I’m Violet Carol.
Welcome to Mother Love Letters, my newsletter for nurturing words and shared experiences about the highs and lows of pregnancy and motherhood.
I am a writer, attorney, and soon-to-be new mom. With this newsletter, I aim to be your word doula. It’s about navigating matrescence through shared experiences to help you feel less alone. It’s about grappling with the wild nature of transformation and embracing ourselves wholly. It’s about using words and creative expression to honor our bodies and the beautifully complex stories we birth from living in them.
I started Mother Love Letters as a way to process my own feelings about entering motherhood. After navigating a litany of health concerns and a miscarriage in 2023, I felt isolated and without adequate resources to make sense of the radical changes happening to me. I write to cope and process. I share what I write to connect so we can try to make sense of it all, together.
If you’re a mother, dreaming of motherhood, healing in motherhood, or simply trying to figure out whatever shape motherhood takes, these words are for you.
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