Happy birthday to my baby girl. I love you so much more than you could know, and each day I hope you are growing stronger, smiling as much as possible, and that you are surrounded by love and happiness. As I started writing this, re-writing this, followed by deleting it all, I just sat and … Continue reading For your second birthday…
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self(LESS) – A Birthmother’s Pain
Over the past eight months, I have struggled to find a reason to write happy posts or find humor in the small things. At the beginning of December my boyfriend and I found out that we were pregnant. I had just started a new job after being laid off twice over the course of two months, … Continue reading self(LESS) – A Birthmother’s Pain
Why I need rewards to be food…
I like to think that I am a go-getter, intrinsically motivated, and bursting with a passion for life, but I know that I am lying to myself. I am actually bursting with a coffee bloat, I online shop so I do not have to go-get anything, and I am motivated purely off of my own … Continue reading Why I need rewards to be food…
Why I shower with the curtain partially open…
It is self-defense really. No one wants to walk into the bathroom when there is someone ready with a high-powered supersoaker standing guard waiting for their attack. In my house growing up my dad always thought it was funny to pour ice and cold water over the shower curtain. He would sneak into the bathroom … Continue reading Why I shower with the curtain partially open…
Why I had to pee with someone growing up…
The news was spreading... There are alligators in the sewers. They have climbed all the way up into our plumbing, and every time you flush the toilet or let the water run to long or use the garbage disposal there is an alligator waiting to snatch you up! My dad showed my friend and I … Continue reading Why I had to pee with someone growing up…
Cantankerous & Gregarious 