Could you list the most pivotal moments in your life? I’d never given the idea much thought until I read a novel in which pivotal moments were a major theme. The characters, who possessed wildly different personalities, uncannily shared a few major life events that could be traced back to similar pivotal moments. These moments […]
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Reading Harry Potter
I’ve been waiting more than seven years for what happened last night. Before putting my son to bed, I opened up Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (the new illustrated edition) and read him the first chapter about The Boy Who Lived. It was the fulfillment of dreams. Way back when I was a “young […]
How I Feed My Creativity
This post is inspired by the DIY MFA book, hitting bookshelves this summer! I’m a member of the Street Team helping to promote the book, and Gabriela Pereira (DIY MFA instigator) has been sending us all emails with blog post prompts for the last several weeks. I answered the first prompt with my post Why […]
A Breastfeeding Timeline
Breastfeeding, Day 1: Wait, why is this so hard? Don’t all mammals do this naturally? Isn’t my baby supposed to have the instinct to nurse? Why did I take all of those “breastfeeding essentials” classes? This is impossible! Day 4: Phew! I’m glad I stuck it out. I think we’re getting the hang of this. […]
Gifts of Beauty From My Mothers
Happy Mothers Day! I have received some beautiful gifts from my family. But if I could wish for some less tangible, more personal gifts from my own mother figures, this is what I would ask for… I’d pray to have my Grandma Evelyn’s beautiful hands. Her hands created works of art, wrote words of comfort […]
Lauren’s Story: “My Tumor Went Away”
Today’s cancer story belongs to Lauren, who has cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, which falls under the umbrella of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “It’s one of the few cancers that you can never say you’re cancer free. So I’ll never technically be a survivor,” Lauren told me in our interview. In cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, Lauren explains, the T-cells within the […]