About fourteen months ago, I wrote a post called Listen to Life. The post was a difficult one to write as it was about my Sister Ceara welcoming her little girl H who born with an ear condition called Bilaterial…
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I’ve been thinking a lot about parenthood recently. Which makes sense because I have three small girls and parenthood is, at the moment, the lens through which I view the world. Also, I know so many people who are trying…
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Last Saturday, my good friend E had her baby shower and I wanted more than anything to go, but couldn’t because Big Girl had a soccer game at the same exact time and I wanted to watch my girl play…
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A year ago today, Sister C gave birth to her beautiful baby girl. It was a wonderful day, but also a scary one. I wrote about that day here. Anyway, this gorgeous babe – who is happy and healthy and…
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I’ve been blogging for the Huffington Post since last spring and what a privilege it has been to do so. To be honest, this blog right here is my first love, my cozy place to come, and will continue to…
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dear kate,
I don’t know you, but I am happy for you. When I heard the news yesterday, I was sitting in one of my favorite coffee shops, writing. My friend Heather, a fellow writer, sat at…
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Seven years ago, after I learned I had miscarried, I climbed into bed and cried. I cried and worked hard to hide my tears. I chided…
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I learned something yesterday. Something I already knew, but seem to forget. I learned that it can be really rewarding to tell a truth. I am not talking about the truth, that elusive, Platonic thing we are all implored to…
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Sometimes, I have this imaginary conversation with an imaginary friend who is days from giving birth to her first child. In this fictional scenario, we are huddled at a small table in a coffee shop and she, my fictional friend…
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A friend of mine is expecting her first child, a girl, in October. In fact, she is due on my birthday which of course I took as a conspicuous and undeniable sign that I should indeed name this baby.
So.…
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