To the Extra 17 Pounds: Thank You
It was a single picture of me that did it. I looked at it on my screen and saw "me"…
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It was a single picture of me that did it. I looked at it on my screen and saw "me"…
Continue ReadingI went to counseling today. One hour. Not because I’m sick. Not because I’m crazy. Not because I feel broken…
Continue ReadingWhen I was a new mom, many people prescribed me that elusive concept: self-care. “It’s important to take time for…
Continue ReadingThe other day while scrolling my Instagram feed, I landed on an account, a fine example of an aspirational yet…
Continue ReadingMaybe the best way to practice self-care is to care less. About what everyone else thinks. About who likes you…
Continue ReadingI opened the refrigerator door, peered my head so far inside it went just past the milk . . .…
Continue Reading“Why do you need to go to therapy? You seem so happy! What do you even talk about there?” When…
Continue ReadingI see you, mama, up at 6 a.m. to wash the soccer socks and find the shin guards that you…
Continue ReadingMothers. Moms. Mamas. We’re full of that thing they call “maternal instinct”. We’re in a constant state of nurturing, of…
Continue ReadingI used to be fit and thin, but then I became a mom. I used to go running for the…
Continue ReadingI threw a pile of dirty clothes over my shoulder as I searched through my son’s closet for his left…
Continue ReadingTo the mom still trying to find herself, The days are a blur. You do what is needed of you…
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