Feeling successful at juggling all my different hats today I set out confident and ready to enjoy this time with my children. We’d play in the cold, I’d knit and keep an eye on Smunchie and then we’d all come home for something hot to drink and soup and soup and homemade bread for dinner. I was like freakin’ Caroline Ingals. It was then that Squiggle Bug appeared by my side, eyes wide, her agitated feet dancing. “Mommy, I need to go potty!”
Dear World, I’ll keep this short and sweet. Please stop sending mixed signals. We tell women that “breastfeeding is best“, we tell them to do it but then we ask…
Dear Vintage Style Beautiful Green Tweed Pumps, I’m afraid this is good bye. I never intended to part like this, if ever at all but sadly, I suppose all good…
Today I am thrilled to bring you a guest post by Kari Swanson, daughter, sister, wife, mother of two, librarian, and member of Generation X who is also known as…
I wrote this poem for a friend as she celebrated and remembered her 4 babies born prematurely. One she holds here and 3 she holds now only in her heart….
I have been wanting to write some prose about breastfeeding for a while. My first few attempts were awkward and forced. As I honored and processed a few difficult events…
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