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Time-Stamped Grief: A Walk Back through My Journal’s Pages

Things That Are Different Since My Mothers Diagnosis Written September 7, 2022 After my session last week, I cried all the way home, which isn’t normal for me. Typically, after therapy I feel more calm and peaceful than when I walked in – even though it’s only…

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Happy 3rd Birthday To My Son

3 years ago I was anxiously anticipating his arrival into this world. I had so many unanswered questions. From giving birth to the first few months of his life, I wondered what it would be like to finally call myself a mom. Would my labor be rough? Would he…

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I Was A First Time Mom During Covid. Here’s What I Learned

When I was preparing to give birth to my son, all I could anticipate was minimal sleep, night feedings, and all the fun things we would be able to do as a family. Never did I imagine that I would be raising a child during a pandemic. The Covid19 pandemic…

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7 Things that surprised me about being a mom

I’ll be the first to admit that I was absolutely not prepared to have a child. Despite being completely shocked when my one and only pregnancy test turned positive at almost the first drop of urine, I was terrified whether or not I could raise a tiny human. I…

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The Best Parenting Advice I would Give To A New Mom

There are so many new things to learn when you become a new mom. Anxiety can easily become overwhelming with all the new things you are trying to perfect. When I was a new mom, I was looking for advice every day. But looking back almost 2 and 1/2…

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Mom Guilt Is Real. And It’s Okay.

Knowing how compassionate of a person I am, and how I try to put others before myself, it was no surprise that I experienced mom guilt shortly after becoming a mom. I wanted to be the absolute best mom ever. And when I felt like I wasn’t, that…