A Momma Body is a Beautiful Thing
Tonight I took a rare long, warm, soothing shower. I was reminded of nights not long ago when the only way I could relax and relieve some of my round…
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Thanking My Body for a Ten Minute Mile
I took a run this weekend with my husband. First time I’ve run with someone in years. When he asked if I could keep a 10:00 mile pace, I nearly…
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Dear Hope Wounds
Dear Hope Wounds, You are kind of ugly. It feels like you sag to my knees. You’ve taken away my belly button. You roll over every kind of jeans,…
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An Apology to My Husband
Dear Husband, I have to tell you, as I sit here rocking our new baby girl back to sleep, I can’t help but think of the almost-romantic session we…
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I’ll Take my Post Baby Body Any Day
There she laid. With the white fluffy socks sticking out from beneath the fresh blanket provided from the hospital. Her cheeks all kind of something…
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Mama, It Takes More Than Six Weeks
A study from 2011 by Dr. Julie Wray at the University of Salford has recently been revived and is making the rounds on parenting sites. The finding…
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What This Mom Discovered When She Was Body Shamed on Social Media
I love social media. You know that whole Facebook memories thing? I have a feeling that someone, at one time or another, was thinking up all the ways…
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The Hair In The Shower Drain
I was rushing to take a shower this afternoon while my six-month-old was napping and before my four-year-old got home from preschool when I noticed…
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I Didn’t Expect That at the Physical Therapist’s Office
I’m not sure if it’s the three children I had in three years, or the fact that I just turned 30, but the impact gravity is having on my body is…
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