Last fall, I was struck by unexpected the urge to run. I was walking through the sprawling cemetery near my…
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An Embarrassment of… Embarrassments
“Mama, what does ‘embarrassing’ mean?” my son asks. We’ve just read a chapter of one of the Magic Treehouse…
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The Spiritual Life of a Mom
“Motherhood is a spiritual path that is not always kind or gentle, it breaks you wide open. Labor and birth…
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Panties! A Guest Post at elephant journal.
An only slightly humiliating story over at the elephant journal today.
To my Postpartum Self: What I Wish I had Known
Don’t drown in it. Every little stage your baby goes through will feel like a riptide, like forever. I…
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