Motherhood – Page 2

Charlie’s Birth Story*

*Novel is more like it. Make sure water is nearby, get comfortable, and read on. Charlie, born on January 3rd at 9:16 AM, 7 pounds 3 ounces, 20 inches I love birth stories. I’m one of those weird people who has no qualms talking about my labor experiences or hearing all the nitty-gritty details ofRead the whole post >>

Why I might have chosen the child-free life

During a recent radio interview with EWTN’s Sonrise Morning Show, we discussed how body image plays a role in keeping women from embracing pregnancy and becoming mothers. Our culture definitely perpetuates the whole I-don’t-want-to-do-that-to-my-body – “that” being pregnancy, otherwise known as granting your stomach and bum their very own zip codes and saying sayonara toRead the whole post >>

A valediction forbidding mourning

I fell in love with John Donne’s “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” when I was 15. Obviously, I was a super cool teenager. I’d read the poem over and over and at first, the melancholy would wash over me as I imagined myself parting from the imaginary lover I didn’t have (I didn’t have a promRead the whole post >>

What the media’s fat-shaming of pregnant Kim Kardashian is saying to our children

So today I was part of a virtual discussion for HuffPost Live about fat-shaming during pregnancy and the recent hateful headlines about the pregnant Kim Kardashian. Whenever I have live interviews whether via the Internet or on the radio, I worry a child might interrupt, but my dad distracted the kids and enjoyed their company.Read the whole post >>

Keep It Simple and Sweet

Two springs ago one of my daughters took a creative movement class. Her teacher had a gift for working with children and was really good with the tiny dancers. My little girl looked forward to her class all week and would sometimes tell me that when she grew up, she was going to be aRead the whole post >>