It’s no secret I love words, people. I love words the way some love music or paintings or photography or Ring Dings. Words are the way to my soul. They speak to me on a molecular level, you know? The way words and phrases come together to create sentences and paragraphs is magic to my […]
Nobody puts baby in a corner
August 1-7 is World Breastfeeding Week. If you saw me at BlogHer this past weekend, or follow me in basically any circle of social media, I took Emma with me to New York. Part of the reason, actually the main reason, is because she’s exclusively breastfed. With Joshua, I pumped exclusively for about four months. […]
Things you should know to avoid being a douchebag
I hadn’t been to The Happiest Place on Earth in over a week, so today Emma and I packed up and headed out. We browsed. She snoozed. We bought. (I’m talking about Target, people. Sheesh.) And then I went out to my car to find some jackass had double parked her minivan and made it […]
Breastfeeding: Why I do it
Boobs. Such a loaded topic when discussing them in terms of breastfeeding. (See what I did there? Boobs? Loaded? With milk?) Lest Snooki become the last bastion for breastfeeding information for the entire human race, I thought I’d tell y’all a bit about why I chose breastfeeding for my kids and some of the pros […]
No Man is an Island
“In the Heaven of Indra, there is said to be a network of pearls, so arranged that if you look at one you see all the others reflected in it. In the same way each object in the world is not merely itself but involves every other object and in fact IS everything else.” – […]
This one’ll probably get me fired, or just fired up
So last week I watched an e-debate take place between The Feminist Breeder, whose blog I do read, and Jessica Valenti, whose blog I don’t read. The debate started (I think) about whether or not formula companies should be able to hand out free samples and swag to moms in the hospital. TFB said that […]
Where I find myself asking “why me?”
I’ve been chewing on this post and tiptoe-ing around the taboo since announcing this pregnancy for fear of offending or ostracizing or something to someone. Or myself from the rest of the universe. But I can’t NOT write this. I’ve had over a month for this pregnancy to sink in and I’m still not sure […]
Perception
I had a conversation with a co-worker today that has kind of shaken me just a little bit and I can’t stop thinking about it. Because the truth behind the conversation is kind of hurting me. A lot. I think sometimes people don’t like who I am. Maybe that’s too broad or vague a statement. […]
Well, that feels nice
So, yesterday the for-real Ricki Lake followed me on Twitter. And I followed back, obvs. While being a fan-girl and grinning at my computer screen for the duration of naptime. Today? I get notice that my post “When you can’t say no” is being spotlighted on BlogHer. I honestly think I’m about two steps away […]
When you can’t just say no
I read a syndicated post on BlogHer today that has just kind of stuck in my head all afternoon. It discusses working moms who are chasing that elusive thing called “Work-life balance.” The author of that post tells a couple of anecdotes about women who chose, or were perhaps forced to choose, work over life. […]