I Remember
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I Remember

I read a book when Zane was a newborn called “A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself” by Peter Ho Davies. I didn’t know it was a book about parenthood when I picked it up, and maybe it wasn’t great to read as the mother of 6-week-old because it confronted some difficult parenting issues that I didn’t really need to concern myself with at the time, but I enjoyed it nonetheless, and it ended up being one of my favorite books I read all year.

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The First Forty Days
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The First Forty Days

I don’t remember where I heard about it first, but I came across a book called “The First Forty Days” at some point before I was pregnant and filed it away in the back of my mind in case the time ever came.

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2021 Year in Review
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2021 Year in Review

As another pandemic year comes to a close, I could lament all the things I didn’t get to do because of COVID (again), but I thought I’d take a minute to look back on the year and remind myself what I actually did do, because all was not lost! Things happened! Less things than a “normal” year, and definitely less fun things, but things nonetheless! 

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On Pregnancy
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On Pregnancy

Pregnancy–specifically the thought of me being pregnant—has always terrified me. If I’m being honest, I’ve always felt a little unsure about the idea of having kids in general (thus why we waited so long in the first place), but it’s pregnancy in particular that was the part of the process that I just couldn’t get excited about.

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