"Let Your Light Shine"
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by Anonymous
3y ago
What do you get when you combine two of my childhood nicknames: Tootsie and Bird? One evening, as the Chandler family gathered around the dinner table, my dad combined them. "What do you think about that, Turd?" The whole family died laughing. My father had called his only daughter, the 9-year-old princess, a turd. And I can still laugh out tears thinking back to that moment. I had many nicknames, so they were bound to get jumbled at some point. I'm just so pleased those two made such a nice cocktail. My mom called me: sister sue, doodle bug, fairy princess, peach fuzz, babydoll, sugar...and ..read more
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Sometimes We're Unfine...and That's Fine
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by Anonymous
3y ago
Photo courtesy: (in)courage.me. How many micro conversations do we have in a week? Not every chat can be epic and deep and cathartic, but how often are our conversations the complete opposite? Short, shallow and suppressive. There are definitely people who have more of a need to express themselves through words (sup. That's me.), and those who process life differently. I've had many-a-talk I realized I cut short because we were headed towards deeper territory or I just started talking about myself and cut off a friend's opportunity to share a life struggle. Ugh, I hate myself in thos ..read more
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Keeping Tabs On Pre-Mom Me
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by Anonymous
3y ago
I cannot write while simultaneously making sure Skylar doesn't stick her finger into an electrical outlet. However, I can listen to podcasts and keep Skylar alive at the same time. I've listened to everything from TED talks to the "Love and Relationships" podcast to various mom podcasts. I like efficiency. I like quality. In the midst of some mundane household chores, I desperately want my mind to be fed. I fell across a podcast recently that I really love. It's called "Inspired to Action" and the host is Kat Lee-- a Christian mom on a mission to bring out the strengt ..read more
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8, 9, almost 10 Months. Hitting Warp Speed.
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by Anonymous
3y ago
I started this sometime in July (Sky was 8 months): We lowered Skylar's crib today. There are three levels. We started our girl on level one and Matt was wanting to skip down to level three today. I instantly said, "No way!" Not because it wouldn't make sense to move it all the way down and not have to do it when she's standing up and trying to escape, but because I felt like moving it to level three was somehow going to speed up time. So she's sleeping in her level two-height crib right now, and all is OK in my world. So funny how my motherly irrationality kicks in, like if we we ..read more
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Recovering from A Spinal Cord Injury: Carley Baldwin's Story
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by Anonymous
3y ago
Carley was intimidating on paper. She was part of the studly class of swimmers I came in with at the University of Arizona. I thoroughly stalked each of my fellow incoming freshman. I remember my dad getting in on the excitement-- "This girl from Colorado is top 16 in every event!" Top 16 in the country. And Carley was actually in the top five in most of her events. A complete stud. Our freshman class convened in Tucson in August...when the average temperature is 102 degrees. A letter had been sent out from the UA staff at the beginning of the summer. A daunting part of it read: "Be prepare ..read more
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Dear Expectant First-Time Mom
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by Anonymous
3y ago
It seems like every time I hop on social media one of my peers is announcing their pregnancy. We're moving out of wedding season and into baby season. So this one goes out to all of the moms-to-be. ***Disclaimer: I'm no pro, but there are a few things I wish I'd known before my daughter made her way into the world seven months ago. The day I found out the cause of my lethargy and nausea was a baby and not the flu was a joyous day. Because I really hate the flu. :) I've wanted to be a mom for as long as I've idolized my own mom, which makes up at least 25 years of my nearly 30 years on Earth ..read more
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My Daughter is Half A Year Old...whaaaaat?!
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by Anonymous
3y ago
No, I didn't throw a half birthday party for my Sugar Plum Princess, but she did wear a dress and a headband for perhaps the second time in her life. Solid effort, Mom! She doesn't seem to mind headbands, so I might start throwing them around that noggin more often so people stop calling her "handsome". haha! She is a handsome little broad though. Does this count as a smile, Mom? I'm not going to say we've "hit our groove" because I don't know if that ever happens with your first child. Right when I think she has a predictable routine, she goes through some mental leap that wreaks ha ..read more
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Celebrating My Tough Mother
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by Anonymous
3y ago
My mom underwent a routine hysterectomy on October 18, 2016. As far as I knew, it went well. Skylar's due date was November 25, but I knew that was way off, so I told my folks to plan on driving westward around November 20. But Sky came into the world like a freight train on Wednesday, November 9. My parents said, "No problem! We'll be there Saturday." They had just been visiting my brother and his family in Houston. I was impressed with my dad's driving stamina-- it's a 12-hour drive from San Antonio to Tucson.  They arrived and shared in the joy of their daughter's newborn ..read more
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5 Months! And It Keeps Getting Better
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by Anonymous
3y ago
I'm not positive, but I'm 99 percent sure we're in a really magical stage of Skylar's beautiful life. She "talks" a lot, sings herself awake in the mornings, sleeps through the night (well, it's happened twice), is generous with her contagious smiles, and is showing no signs of wanting to be mobile (totally fine by me). She drinks in the world around her (often instead of drinking in milk!) and is making us appreciate our surroundings more. I wish I could bottle up our evening walks-- to avoid any overtired crankiness before bedtime, we walk around the 'hood. The weather has been heavenly. S ..read more
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The Sky Life
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by Anonymous
3y ago
Holy mackerel, less than a month has passed since I last wrote! Things must be getting better over here. Not that they were ever rotten, but I'm finally out of the newborn haze. But really, how do people do this with a toddler or two or three toddlers? How do you breastfeed and simultaneously make sure your other kids don't accidentally do something suicidal? I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, or I'll wait until Skylar is an independent 8-year-old before having another. ;) I think back to my pre-Skylar mind and remember thinking everything was going to be "routine" and "normal" by our ..read more
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