my perpetual fave, "Eventually all the pieces fall into place….until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moment, and know that everything happens for a reason"~Carrie (image via)
Living.
This week has been something else. After Monday's post and my revelation about Postpartum depression, and the incredible, humbling, astounding outpouring of support, I'm a bit overwhelmed, to say the least. And then my mom just came over. And gave me this card. And reminded me of something so important. Why I'm here.
My Daughter.
This morning, as I watched my daughter dance on her big bed, swathed in velvet and adorned in a jeweled headband, I was brought back to a time when I wrote about her as my daughter and could not fathom loving her any more. Now there is so much more to love; now she tells me ...
Add to the list
of things I didn't know when I peed on that stick: There will be times that you will have to clean spit up out of the crevasses of vintage Gucci.
“Whenever you feel unhappy…”
Yesterday was a pretty heavy day around these parts. And so today, I'm taking time to exhale and spend time with my guy, Brett Dennen. Because sometimes, you just have to dance it out. So that's what I implore you to do. Just dance it out. To my man Brett, and my favorite song, "Sydney (I'll Come Running)". Dance around your ...
The hardest post I’ve ever written.
Since having my second child my world has changed in more ways than I could have imagined. As our triangle turned into a square (quite seamlessly in many ways, I should say), I have experienced love and joy that I had not yet known. And one positive thing that I have done has been starting 511, ...
The hardest post I’ve ever written, Part 3.
Life works in amazing ways. This is hardest part of the hardest post. And though I've been so overwhelmingly grateful for the outpouring of support, both publicly and privately, that I have received thus far, it is still hard to put all of these things into plain words. This has been a life changing experience to me, ...
The hardest post I’ve ever written, Part 2.
As I mentioned in Part 1 of this story, my Fall and Winter got very dark. So I warn you to proceed with caution. Because if you know me, you know that I am a happy person. That I'm always smiling, that I love children and that I have dance parties every day. This is a different ...
The hardest post I’ve ever written, Part 1.
Since having my second child my world has changed in more ways than I could have imagined. As our triangle turned into a square (quite seamlessly in many ways, I should say), I have experienced love and joy that I had not yet known. And one positive thing that I have done has been starting 511, ...
Catch The Wind
There's this thing we do, my dad and I. We call each other, or, when we're really lucky, we get to sit together, and we trade music. This evening I got a call from my dad and he told me to listen to Donovan's "Catch the Wind" and to look up the lyrics. In the chilly hours and ...
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