every day living with a touch of creativity
I remember it like it was yesterday. Sitting in my very last birth class, excited for the tour of the labor & delivery ward, when they passed out a handout that covered Post Partum Depression. It was a letter, written from a husband’s perspective of Post Partum Depression, and I quickly dismissed it. I thought [...]
I thought I knew what postpartum depression felt like. And maybe I did. After my first little guy was born, my Husband reminds me that I felt awful–and I probably did. But, what I do know is that nothing–absolutely nothing–prepared me for how I felt in June of last year. My son, Asher, was born [...]
Despite a beautiful natural birth experience with Charlotte, I struggled with managing three kids once I got home. What is it about that third child? I had it all planned out, all organized and ready. But she was born two weeks early. And nothing worked out the way I’d planned. She was born on the [...]
I shared yesterday my story of postpartum depression with my second child. Today, I will tell you the story about my third. I knew that the chances of having another go with postpartum depression was a very real possibility when I got pregnant with our third child. I had two miscarriages in between these [...]
When I look back to 6 years ago, I see the story a lot differently; with kinder eyes, and a grateful heart. When I was pulling images to go along with this story, I do not even remember most of the days in the pictures. All I remember was trying to survive. I was so [...]
Last night, my husband and I were in the car, and he was telling me about his day. He told me about a speaker that came to his class and said, “the successful people in this world are the ones that outwork their talent”. It got me to thinking about how very true this statement [...]
That’s right, I said it — Be Selfish. When it comes to your creative life, who do you create for? Be honest. Has it gotten away from you? Are you creating for clients? Creating for family members? Creating for your children? Did making those home-made valentines for you child’s classmates feel your soul? Did that [...]
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