Since the moment you were born you cried for me day by day and I came to soothe you heart and breasts full frenzied or calm elated or defeated alert or exhausted or somewhere in between tenderly rocking milk freely flowing running my fingers through your hair as you lay quietly warm bath of oxytocin becoming one … Continue reading
Welcome to Wordless Wednesday! This weekend was a big one! On Saturday, we celebrated Patrick’s first birthday. (as well as our first Nursiversary!) Living in California means we were still able to have his party outside at a local park that is AWESOME so the kids could enjoy the sunshine and the the trees, despite … Continue reading
Welcome to Wordless Wednesday! I finally put together a button for my blog! I have one for Wordless Wednesday already (the black & white one above) but it’s taken a little personal development and time before I was able to put together something I was happy with. I used a picture from the San Francisco … Continue reading
It’s my birthday today. I was just writing about how the whole thing has got me bummed, since one of the last smiling pictures of my dad ever taken was with my sister and I, a month before he died on my birthday in 2010. To make matters worse, the baby hasn’t been sleeping well. … Continue reading
Welcome to Wordless Wednesday!…. again. I can’t help it! It’s World Breastfeeding Week and breastfeeding is one of my favorite subjects! I have come across some seriously badass images of breastfeeding in my blogging- and just like with my Lactation Cookie recipe- I would feel bad not sharing!. This post has the same linky … Continue reading
Welcome to Wordless Wednesday! August 1-7th is World Breastfeeding Week: 2012 Marks 10 years! Check out http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/ for more! photo courtesy of: Live With Purpose While I support breastfeeding, I am moreover an advocate of making informed decisions children and of supporting the (informed) choices other parents make, even ones that differ from my … Continue reading
This morning, Chelsea (who moderates the community page on Facebook with me) announced she is “going Paleo”. It’s something I’ve become interested in lately, having seen it pop up in the profiles of some of my twitterfriends (Hi, Brian!) and in a few discussions among (real-life) friends, (Hi, Jess!) too. Now that it’s made its … Continue reading
We’ve all heard the saying, “Well behaved women seldom make history”Laurel Thatcher Ulrich The Tea Table used to signThe Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 It might as well be the motto for the National Women’s Hall of Fame, created 43 years ago today (that’s 1969, for those of you who haven’t had your coffee) in … Continue reading
Welcome to Wordless Wednesday Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to grab my button from the sidebar, as well as click the tab at the top of the page for more wordless posts. If you like this post, you can subscribe by RSS or e-mail and have a fairy (or ‘a series of tubes’ if you’re Ted … Continue reading
I’ve had a really, really difficult time staying happy since Father’s Day. It was only my second one without my dad; I knew it would be hard. Trying to prepare myself for the emotional tsunami of (t)sadness was like trying to remember how much labor hurts. There’s a vague impression left, but nothing that even touches … Continue reading
