I’m not sure how this happened (aside from, you know, having a baby), but I have swung happily into full-on mom mode. It feels incredibly wonderful to be responsible for a tiny human who wants nothing more than to snuggle closely with you as often as possible, and to eat non-stop. But that’s another story. … Read More
I’m six weeks into being a new mom, yet I’m still working up the nerve to breastfeed in public. Due to my own fears of being publicly scorned and combined with the fact that I was raised by one of the most modest women on the planet, I just hadn’t had the guts to make … Read More
I watched entirely too much Dexter to feel fully comfortable with what was happening with my body. But then again, 36 hours of med-free labor will make you agree to just about anything. By this point, pregnancy had stretched my body to its limits and I was down to the final hours; I just wanted … Read More
I’ve been sifting through my photos lately and thinking about where I was a year ago. Just over a year ago, I was sitting in tears in the Roller Warriors locker room at the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association International Championship. We had come in with a win from our divisional tournament and were hoping … Read More
I now interrupt these sporadically-scheduled posts about Thailand to talk about boys. And I do mean boys — not men. About 3 years ago, while at work, I got a phone call from a guy who was trying to sell me advertising space. I told him I wasn’t the person to talk to and gave … Read More
