Tag: mothering
Cloth Diapering 101 (How we wrap & roll)
I always had an idea that I would like to give cloth diapering a try on my children, however when I started researching the...
Waking up to life itself
The first moment that I locked eyes with my firstborn baby, I knew that life was forever changed. I didn’t know how, and I...
A Light in the Parenting Tunnel
One of my favorite sayings about Motherhood is "the days are long, but the years are short."
Motherhood is wonderful. The most fun "job" I've...
Body After Babies :: Surrender
I want to love my body. Did you hear that? I want to love my body.
This does NOT mean that I want to improve...
Body After Babies: A Work in Progress
Last week I was reading a book to my 15-month old daughter. I don’t remember which book it was or whether she even sat...
Body After Babies :: Letter to my Body(s)
I see you there, six
with your skinned knees and short hair,
chasing after the boys down the street
with a skateboard under your arm.
I see you...
Body After Babies :: Brave & Unapologetic
There's no need to be afraid. There's no need to be bashful. That's what I tell myself.
What I'm wearing in the photo is no...
Body After Babies :: Honoring the Imperfect
Camera shy? More like camera phobic! Thanks to digital photography I have been able to successfully avoid photos of myself through cropping or simply...
Body After Babies :: Ode to my Body
This body. This tired, strong, overworked body. Two boys breathed through this body, stretched skinny baby legs up into its rib cage, made its...
Body After Babies :: Becoming the Shape of a Mother
For pretty much my whole life I have been the image of "skinny": Long legs, lean torso, and a thin face. Despite being the...
Body After Babies: Worth the Stretch
When we have babies, our lives totally change and are never the same - our routines, our checkbooks, our hearts - yet somehow we...
The Newborn Time Warp
Before having a baby, there was never enough time in the day. I found myself constantly wishing for a few more hours in which...
34 Weeks Premature
As I sit here with my son sleeping peacefully in my lap, I find that his first two weeks of life feel like a...
Meet Elissa…
I felt empowered, womanly, strong, incredible after giving birth to my first son, Eli. “Girl, you’re a rockstar,” my midwife said as I sat...