It’s been just over two weeks since delivering Baby #2, Finnegan, and while I still feel some of the limitations of my c-section recovery, yesterday I felt ready to extend the daily walk a bit. I walked around two city blocks, feeling pain-free other than a slight internal tug in the last stretch. However, myContinue reading “The Baby Blues & Grieving Another Road Not Taken”
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Wishes for My Son
Dedicated to my first beautiful boy, Weston, on his tenth birthday ~ I wish for you to always know your worth in a world that too often dismisses, undervalues, and commodifies wonderfully unique people. I wish you contentment with your present but a desire to adventure out to see more and do more. Live sphericallyContinue reading “Wishes for My Son”
The Last Sunday
Today marks the last Sunday before the baby arrives, and as my husband Stephen and I sat at brunch, my plate full of blueberry oatcakes with almonds and maple syrup, I couldn’t help feeling like it was “the last supper.” I continue finding myself thinking of the countdown to the baby as an ending, someContinue reading “The Last Sunday”
What a Year in Quarantine Has Taught Me
This week marks a whole year living in quarantine mode. Although I still found periodic ways to get out of the house and out of town, I spent the majority of it rarely leaving our 1400 square foot home. I had it easier than many and was able to continually feel that despite the virus,Continue reading “What a Year in Quarantine Has Taught Me”
Lessons from My 4th Grader
When I was a fourth grader, I met the first true iteration of my insecure self. I was developing quicker than my female classmates, and my face had not yet caught up to my nose. My wavy hair frizzed in humidity, never responding with the sought-after Barbie bounce when flicked over my shoulder the wayContinue reading “Lessons from My 4th Grader”
Mama Matters
Four weeks to go. It feels like this pregnancy flew by but also like I can barely remember what it was like not to be pregnant–what it was like hiking in Alaska without total fatigue or enjoying multiple cups of coffee instead of tricking myself into “two” cups by pouring two, separate half-cups. I haven’tContinue reading “Mama Matters”
Vows for Ordinary Moments
This week my husband, Stephen, and I will celebrate our third anniversary, though it feels much longer than that. The more I learn of him, the more stories I hear and conjure in my imagination, the more I feel we’ve been circling each other’s hemispheres for the past twenty years. Our histories echo similar stories,Continue reading “Vows for Ordinary Moments”
The Baby-Self Balance
In less than six weeks I’ll bring a new baby into the world. I’ve found myself reflecting on the upcoming weeks as a time for personal growth and resolution rather than thinking of the baby’s rapid growth and my parenting resolutions. Perhaps it’s because this will be Child #2 that I know that the babyContinue reading “The Baby-Self Balance”
Cold Hands, Warm Heart
This week has been a cozy one inside with morning coffee and a fire crackling. The temperature was lucky to rise above zero but mostly stayed in the negatives, torture for anyone holding out in our tent cities or, worse, the ones who don’t even have the protection of a tent. I hope shelters makeContinue reading “Cold Hands, Warm Heart”
Fresh Starts & Other Life Goals
I have admittedly boarded the blogging train a decade too late, but I’ve been writing and journaling for as long as I can remember. Putting pen to paper, seeing words manifest on the page instead of weighing me down somewhere between my shoulder blades and solar plexus, has brought me cathartic release and also insightsContinue reading “Fresh Starts & Other Life Goals”
Gabrielle Koontz 