First Birthday
One year ago today I saw you Earthside for the first time. I remember thinking that you were so much lovelier than the other wrinkly, shriveled newborns I’d seen before. You were perfect, and I was lucky enough to be…
Author: Mama
Grieving Our Normal
It’s early April and I am in mourning. In the face of a global pandemic I feel foolish, when so many have lost so much more, but still I am in mourning. I am grieving the loss of birthdays and…
Buying Beer In Chicago
We’re just kids. Legally adults, old enough to vote and order a cocktail, but young and full of foolish dreams. We just met a few months ago but our hearts fit together like puzzle pieces and we’re already picking china…
Here Comes The Sun
They say “cold hands, warm heart,” but I happen to live in Minnesota. They say “cold hands, warm heart,” but my hands are almost always cold. To be fair, my heart is almost always warm, too. I like to think…
Incoherent Ramblings of a “Yes” Girl
I am a “yes” girl. You want to have a playdate? Need someone to watch your kids? Looking for someone to run an errand for you? Pick up extra work? Clean your house? Support your business? Throw your girlfriend a…
Love Letter To Stay-At-Home-Moms
Hello there, mama. I’m sorry to bother you. I know how busy your days are. But I also know how much time you spend with a sleeping baby curled against your chest, scrolling idly through social media because you’re afraid…
Birth
7:30am I woke up the morning before my due date and thought I had food poisoning. I sat in the bathroom, waiting to throw up. I was having extreme stomach pain that came and went in waves and I thought,…
Growing Pains
Pregnancy can be uncomfortable. There’s weight where there wasn’t before, there’s pressure, things are growing and stretching and pulling. Your joints, your ligaments, your muscles and skin and organs, all have to shift to make room. It’s painful, it’s beautiful,…
Papa + Moonbeam
My little Moonbeam is just like me in every way. She is a firecracker, she wants things done just her way and she isn’t above drool-crying when she’s displeased. She has big round full-moon eyes and a cantaloupe head, she…
Lactation Pumpkin Muffins
Hello friends. I’m not going to do the typical blogger thing where I tell you my life story, describe my muffins in excruciating detail, and include 50 pictures of a whisk and some eggs before I give you the recipe.…