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Becoming a Mother Feels Like Becoming the Sun
An ode to the joys of motherhood.
Jul 22
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Violet Carol
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Becoming a Mother Feels Like Becoming the Sun
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Everything in July
I wrote the personal essay included in this post about the magical, serendipitous moment when I met my husband and we fell in love. It was rejected by a…
Jul 15
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Violet Carol
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Everything in July
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What I've Learned One Year Into Motherhood
I wrote my way through pregnancy and postpartum and now I'm left with written evidence of preemptive nostalgia.
Jul 8
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Violet Carol
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What I've Learned One Year Into Motherhood
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Howling at the Moon with My Husky
On new motherhood and dogs.
Jun 20
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Violet Carol
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Women Cannot Be Persuaded to Have Children
The decision to create life, if given the opportunity to choose, is not necessarily rational but deeply personal, sometimes impulsive, always affecting.
May 27
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Violet Carol
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Women Cannot Be Persuaded to Have Children
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An Itemized Billing Statement Hates To See Me Coming
Raging postpartum mom: 1. Hospital billing department's suspect labor and delivery charges: 0.
Apr 17
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Violet Carol
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An Itemized Billing Statement Hates To See Me Coming
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New Mom in the Wild Gets on a Plane
Reflections on my first flight with my baby at five months old, flailing down the airplane aisle in the aftermath of a devastating exploding diaper.
Apr 8
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Violet Carol
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New Mom in the Wild Gets on a Plane
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Overstimulation Station (feat. Emma Del Rey of Being in Motherhood)
Two mothers map their evening commutes on the long ride home.
Mar 19
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Violet Carol
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Overstimulation Station (feat. Emma Del Rey of Being in Motherhood)
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Motherhood Has Made Me More Ambitious
My baby has reminded me of the importance of dreams. And that you are what you love, not what you do.
Mar 12
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Violet Carol
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Motherhood Has Made Me More Ambitious
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The Adventures of the Postpartum Mommy Monster and Her Wavering Body Image
Eight months after the birth of my daughter, I waffle between confidence and confusion in the mirror.
Feb 26
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Violet Carol
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The Adventures of the Postpartum Mommy Monster and Her Wavering Body Image
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Motherhood Deserves to Go Mainstream
I want to read mom stories. I want to watch mom movies. I want to be so inundated with mom content that I can find a motherhood story for every emotion…
Feb 19
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Violet Carol
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Childbirth Is a Fever Dream
Postpartum is the groggy morning after.
Jan 28
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Violet Carol
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Childbirth Is a Fever Dream
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