As the holidays come to a close, I am looking ahead to the new year and all the changes it will bring. Driving back home yesterday, I was disjointed: part of me longed to stay in Nashville, snuggled up in blankets, breathing fresh air, sitting by the fire and taking long walks around my parents’ … Continue reading
Yesterday was one of those days. It started as I popped Neruda’s metal dish into the microwave. From there, the day quickly spiraled out of control, from miscommunication with clients to idiot drivers to melting chocolate on the stove in my usual glass bowl, only to have the entire bottom of the glass bowl break … Continue reading
I am 16 weeks today. Officially 4 months pregnant – a month in which, for some uncalculated reason, seems to mean that I am “really” pregnant and haven’t just been bloated and growing boobs for the past four months. While most mothers are getting that radiant glow and gaining energy, I seem to be slipping … Continue reading
Who can ever understand what a mother goes through until you step into her shoes? Growing up, I was irrationally close to my mother. Our bond vacillated between an abnormal attachment and later, in my teenage years, a steady love/hate stream as I tested boundaries and wore her down to the shell of the luminous … Continue reading
