Postpartum Depression

May 14-20 is Mental Health Awareness week PPD can be a sneaky one. You’ve gone from pregnant to not pregnant in the same moment

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Live Expectantly

This article appears in the latest spring issue of Connections. You know those people whom good fortune seems to follow? We all know people like

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The Bassinet

For the last four months, I have awkwardly danced around a swivel bassinet multiple times a day. Against my better judgement, I lugged it

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Tackling Tantrums

There are some beautiful days of motherhood I will always remember. And then there’s the memory of my 2 ½-year-old screaming in the hallway, overtired

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Pay. Attention.

This was originally posted on Coffee + Crumbs. Consciousness breathes in and out as often as my chest inflates with air. Sounds of the

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Salty Scaredy-Cat

The email read: “A resident may have spotted a Florida panther near the woods. Please be careful after dusk, especially if you have small

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Thrive to Declutter

My hair fell hot against my face. I positioned the flatiron and smoothed another chunk of wayward blonde strands. “Mom!” My four-year-old boy ran

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The Welcome Box

Fifteen years ago, after spending time at a Guatemalan orphanage, my husband and I returned to the states and asked the very simple question:

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Raise Your Voice

Without a doubt, being a mom has been part of the journey of finding, losing, and finding again my own voice. In the early

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