It occurred to me tonight as I was rocking Holden to sleep (the only chance I get to reflect on life these days, it seems), that it was 10 years ago this weekend Kyle proposed to me. Now I’m going … Continue reading
Bloom where you are planted, they say. How about bloom when you are planted. It’s weird having two kids. And hard. I feel like too many instagrammers make motherhood seem just joyful and blissful and heavenly all the time, and it’s weighing … Continue reading
I’m three weeks into being back at work and I am finally getting into a groove. Most of the time our days look something like this: 5:30-6:00—Hutch wakes up crying in the next room over. In the morning he always … Continue reading
I keep hearing about mothers whose babies have died, and I feel heartcrushingly sad. I don’t know how I would deal with the loss of my son, and sometimes when I think about it—trying to prepare myself for the horrific worst—I … Continue reading
I wrote this post almost exactly one year ago and never published it. Today I feel like sharing it. ••••••• As I write this I am five months pregnant with my first child, and throughout the excitement of sharing our … Continue reading
Noteworthy: I stopped working to take (legally acceptable) advantage of the Canadian Unemployment Insurance System. Maternity leave in Canada works like this: a pregnant woman who’s worked a certain number of hours in the year prior to her pregnancy is … Continue reading
As I write this we are 13 hours away from jetting off to Cancun for our very first babymoon. What is a babymoon, you ask? It’s like a honeymoon but you take it before you have your first baby because … Continue reading