celebrate life
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Garden of Green Fables
Our garden tells the story. Our bright yellow shed. The way we approach each new spring. How we laugh together. It’s been seven years of marriage. We wear our ugly crocs and go out in the garden in the evening after our children go to bed. He waters. I trim roses. We admire our tiny… Continue reading
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It Was You The Whole Time
It was you the whole time. Before I knew I was pregnant. When two lines showed up even though that second one was faint. When I texted our midwife with the happy news even though it was early. But see, I’ve learned there’s no such thing as “early.” Just you! You the whole time. And… Continue reading
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Mommy Is Human But Here (and other postpartum reflections)
Hey kids, I’m crying in the kitchen, but I love you. And I still want you in my life! Hey kids, I want to enjoy mothering, but I feel like a machine. Yes, I want to enjoy mothering, but I feel like a machine. And I want to go outside with you, but I don’t… Continue reading
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Plant Your Feet in Chaos & Change
Garden Lullaby, March 24, 2020 I keep a little book filled with one line prayers, new thought patterns I want to instill, and personal motivation. Before Covid_19, I wrote something to the effect of “I will plant my feet in chaos and change.” Even before this crisis, I was feeling as though life was upended… Continue reading
Sierra V. Fedorko 