postpartum
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Everything Is Beautiful & Everything Is Not
In November I came across an unfinished, unshared poem in my poetry journal. Even though the poem is a rough 20 lines I realized it was actually a complete thought in just the first stanza. I must have written this when I was early postpartum with my baby, Sylvia. She was born last year the… Continue reading
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Every Exhale a Triumph
In the same way I walked outside last Wednesday morning and felt the trueness of spring, there was a moment of lifting back in early spring 2022 when I laughed and felt it. Postpartum the second time around was more difficult than the first. I wrote about some of those feelings in this post, Mommy… 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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