Camera shy? More like camera phobic! Thanks to digital photography I have been able to successfully avoid photos of myself through cropping or simply...
Last week I was reading a book to my 15-month old daughter. I don’t remember which book it was or whether she even sat...
I want to love my body. Did you hear that? I want to love my body.
This does NOT mean that I want to improve...
When we have babies, our lives totally change and are never the same - our routines, our checkbooks, our hearts - yet somehow we...
This body. This tired, strong, overworked body. Two boys breathed through this body, stretched skinny baby legs up into its rib cage, made its...
I’m a local doula and childbirth educator, and more importantly for this post, a MOTHER. As part of my Preparation for Birth series, I...
Dear Nora and Maggie,
I want to start this letter by reminding you all just how much I love you. I know I tell you...
He was born on the couch in my living room. I had wanted a VBAC. In my mind it was planned perfectly with me...
At 18 years old and 95 pounds soaking wet, my belly is where the pudge settled. It wasn't even pudge, really. Just a slightly fluffy...
For pretty much my whole life I have been the image of "skinny": Long legs, lean torso, and a thin face. Despite being the...
There's no need to be afraid. There's no need to be bashful. That's what I tell myself.
What I'm wearing in the photo is no...
I see you there, six
with your skinned knees and short hair,
chasing after the boys down the street
with a skateboard under your arm.
I see you...




