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The Not So Newlywed Game

June 29, 2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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Yesterday, I was feeling myself + this new mom body that I am learning to embrace. I don’t talk about it a lot bc there’s nothing wrong with this new body + lots right with it🍑 but it’s not the body I’ve loved my whole life. So, it makes sense that some mental adjustment is necessary + it’s ok that I didn’t instantly love it or that I have days (or weeks) where I don’t feel great in it. I’m learning to amplify the good days + take the bad days with a grain of salt. . The transition into motherhood + all things connected, is a marathon not a sprint. Take your time mamas✨ ... *Disclaimer* this model x is not mines. I was test driving the model C + this is just a manifestation photo😉.

She’s saying hi to every puppy, bird, duck, tree + spirit friend she sees. Every. Last. One. And, if she sees another kid, just know you’re gonna have to drag her away + there will be tears. ***Disclaimer: this kindness does not extend to adults. She will look at you like, “TF you thought!” if you engage with her😂 . She wants to share, hug, touch hands, smile... connect. I am baffled as to who she gets this from, but I am also so very grateful bc it’s the purest + best thing I’ve ever seen. I hope she never looses this, bc from what I’ve gathered during my short time as a parent, is that most kids are dicks🤷🏽‍♀️. I hope this world doesn’t break her kind + giving spirit✨ . And to the mother raising the little girl named Addie, who gladly hugged my super-friendly child, who gladly got down to her height + who brought this light to her eyes... thank you. Thank you to all the mothers raising the Addies of the world💚.

MOTHERHOOD // Love. Coffee. Wine... and car naps. Let us never forsake car naps🙌🏽

Leaving therapy + letting Prince’s most Scorpio/8 song ever, pour over me while thinking of all the people I pour into + would die for, but don’t show up for me/ meet my basic need for protection (safety)... . Towards the end of last year, I started to question how I end up in these relationships with people who don’t protect me, like I protect them. And now I have my answer... I’ve only been to three sessions + I have unpacked so much shit that I’m sure my therapist’s head is spinning. Mine is. My goals this week are to practice self-care instead of checking out: 1. Spend 20 min in music meditation a day 2. Take at least 3 walks 3. FT call with a friend who I feels protects me/shows up for me (nurture a relationship where I feel safe). . Are you ending your participation in relationships that don’t meet your basic needs? Are you unpacking? Are you checking in instead of checking out? What are your self-care goals this week? WTF are you doing for YOU?

Happy Mother’s Day Rosie! You always say, “I don’t know where you get this from...” YOU woman, I got it from you! . Thank you for the gift of fight. I feel like I’ve been a fighter my whole life + on days, in moments, it has been overwhelming + exhausting... but look at me, living this life I only saw in dreams. I wouldn’t be here had I not known I was worthy of it + to fight for it. . Thank you for every sacrifice you’ve made. I’ve always known about them, but now that I’m a mother, I see them so plainly + I’m so very grateful. I knew exactly what I was doing when I picked you💚.

Hands + heart full❤️ . The role of motherhood has challenged me, fulfilled me + healed me in ways I didn’t know I needed or were possible. I am forever grateful + tired, but mostly grateful ✨

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Yesterday, I was feeling myself + this new mom body that I am learning to embrace. I don’t talk about it a lot bc there’s nothing wrong with this new body + lots right with it🍑 but it’s not the body I’ve loved my whole life. So, it makes sense that some mental adjustment is necessary + it’s ok that I didn’t instantly love it or that I have days (or weeks) where I don’t feel great in it. I’m learning to amplify the good days + take the bad days with a grain of salt. . The transition into motherhood + all things connected, is a marathon not a sprint. Take your time mamas✨ ... *Disclaimer* this model x is not mines. I was test driving the model C + this is just a manifestation photo😉.

She’s saying hi to every puppy, bird, duck, tree + spirit friend she sees. Every. Last. One. And, if she sees another kid, just know you’re gonna have to drag her away + there will be tears. ***Disclaimer: this kindness does not extend to adults. She will look at you like, “TF you thought!” if you engage with her😂 . She wants to share, hug, touch hands, smile... connect. I am baffled as to who she gets this from, but I am also so very grateful bc it’s the purest + best thing I’ve ever seen. I hope she never looses this, bc from what I’ve gathered during my short time as a parent, is that most kids are dicks🤷🏽‍♀️. I hope this world doesn’t break her kind + giving spirit✨ . And to the mother raising the little girl named Addie, who gladly hugged my super-friendly child, who gladly got down to her height + who brought this light to her eyes... thank you. Thank you to all the mothers raising the Addies of the world💚.

MOTHERHOOD // Love. Coffee. Wine... and car naps. Let us never forsake car naps🙌🏽

Leaving therapy + letting Prince’s most Scorpio/8 song ever, pour over me while thinking of all the people I pour into + would die for, but don’t show up for me/ meet my basic need for protection (safety)... . Towards the end of last year, I started to question how I end up in these relationships with people who don’t protect me, like I protect them. And now I have my answer... I’ve only been to three sessions + I have unpacked so much shit that I’m sure my therapist’s head is spinning. Mine is. My goals this week are to practice self-care instead of checking out: 1. Spend 20 min in music meditation a day 2. Take at least 3 walks 3. FT call with a friend who I feels protects me/shows up for me (nurture a relationship where I feel safe). . Are you ending your participation in relationships that don’t meet your basic needs? Are you unpacking? Are you checking in instead of checking out? What are your self-care goals this week? WTF are you doing for YOU?

Happy Mother’s Day Rosie! You always say, “I don’t know where you get this from...” YOU woman, I got it from you! . Thank you for the gift of fight. I feel like I’ve been a fighter my whole life + on days, in moments, it has been overwhelming + exhausting... but look at me, living this life I only saw in dreams. I wouldn’t be here had I not known I was worthy of it + to fight for it. . Thank you for every sacrifice you’ve made. I’ve always known about them, but now that I’m a mother, I see them so plainly + I’m so very grateful. I knew exactly what I was doing when I picked you💚.

Hands + heart full❤️ . The role of motherhood has challenged me, fulfilled me + healed me in ways I didn’t know I needed or were possible. I am forever grateful + tired, but mostly grateful ✨

5.8.19 . Hey sweet girl, . I want you to know that I’ll always be here, right behind you, cheering you on, always in your corner. . People are going to try to put you in a box. It’s what people do. Pay them no mind, you do you. Be what you want to be. Go where you want to go. Love who you want to love. Say what you need to say. Say how you feel. Don’t make decisions from a space of fear. Be unapologetically you, at all times + at all costs. The only thing I ever want you to be, is happy. . I love you, be happy. Mom . Who else emails their kid?💚

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