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Notes from an ex-Catholic on faith.
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March 2025

Body Dysmorphia and Pregnancy
What I have worked hard to keep at bay is that critical voice. I have not indulged in hateful thoughts over my growing body. In loving myself, I show my…
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"The Most Precious Time"
I now know that early motherhood - rather, motherhood as a whole - is complex and that many things are simultaneously true. We all have unique…
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A Mother's Love
Some things cannot be fixed. But all things can be held with understanding, in the compassionate cradle of a mother’s love. Even if that mother’s love…
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Letting Go of Who You Used to Be
It has taken the better part of the last five and a half years as a mother for me to accept that there is no going back, to get to know who I am…
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Everything Does Not Happen For A Reason
The more my pain was not heard or validated, the greater it became until it exploded into panic disorder, anxiety disorder, insomnia, and PTSD.
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The Body Remembers
My body knew what her next words would be before she said them and there was an anticipation of being called back to this knowing, to this ritual that…
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How Parenting Heals
We don’t have to blindly repeat what was done to us. We can be the parents we always needed and wished we had and when we do so, it’s not just for our…
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The Quiet Resurgence of Trauma
The trauma was masterful in its trickery, quietly manipulating my thoughts and impacting my actions. Recognizing my trauma (again) and naming my PTSD…
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On the Racism of Dumplings
The fact that such an innocuous subject - that of food - could elicit such an off-base and racist response is deeply revealing of the way racism…
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"Avy"
Mothering my children is a continual reminder that there is a bigger picture that I am always being invited to trust, despite being unable to fully see.
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February 2025

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