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Pondering thoughts, personal life experiences, mental health, marriage life, motherhood, recent reads, and everything in between!

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Heart palpitations and shortness of breath.

Motherhood

About a month ago, the twins were sitting in their high chairs, had just finished their meal, and were ready to have some fruit. We gave a couple blueberries to my son, rather than a handful of them, because we’d been trying to train him not to stuff his mouth so full. (He would usually […]

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Having twins split my core in half.

Motherhood

It was sometime in October of 2017, and the twins were about 6 months old. We were giving them a bath in a small bathtub on the bathroom counter, and after 10 minutes of standing, I had to sit down. This was a frequent occurrence, where after a few minutes of walking, standing, or holding […]

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I hated life with newborns.

Motherhood

To me, newborns look like potatoes. Or aliens. Or weird creatures. I have definitely seen cute newborns, but it’s been the minority for sure. Obviously, “cute” is subjective, but this also goes along the lines of thinking the same thing about ultrasounds. Like, no, I did not think my black blobs were cute and no, […]

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We were in the hospital for 5 days.

Motherhood

“You’ll forget the pain of childbirth once you see your precious baby.” “You’ll be so over-the-moon that you’d go through it all over again.” Stop. Right. There. Heck. To. The. No. Why do people do that? Why do people project how they felt during their experience of childbirth onto you, and tell you how you’re […]

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This is my birth story.

Motherhood

Giving birth has always been my biggest fear in life. “Those things are gonna come out of my hoo-ha? No thank you.” As you can imagine, giving birth to twins means double the complications. My wonderful OB whom I love dearly, gave me no pressure between deciding if I wanted to have a natural birth […]

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I wish I knew about prenatal depression.

Motherhood

“SHUT. UP.” I recall those were the words that kept coming out of my mouth when my ultrasound tech lady turned to me and said I was having twins, while pointing to 2 black blobs on the monitor. It had only been SIX DAYS after I had found out I was pregnant. Then came the […]

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Motherhood sent me to therapy.

Motherhood

Some women dream of being mothers, and once they are, they cannot remember life without their little bundle of joy. –  I remember life without my kids all. the. time. Some women are so much happier once they have kids. –  I was so much happier before I had kids. Some women curse at their […]

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Pondering thoughts, personal life experiences, things I love, mental health, marriage life, and everything in between.

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Motherhood

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Everything from my birth story to postpartum anxiety and depression, from c-section recovery to mom guilt and judgment. Prepare for raw and emotional posts!

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Books + Podcasts

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Gleanings from books I've read and podcasts I've been impressed with, with the occasional children's book recommendations!

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DIY Projects

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DIY project tutorials from six years of projects in my home! Very much a work in progress, migrating tutorials from my Instagram page to my blog!

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