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Choose your battles: How small fights can make change happen

November 8, 2020November 8, 2020 / in: change, female athletes, grief, inspiration, Kansas City, Kansas City sports, roller derby, sadness, strength, women, writing

When I first started grad school, the professor who ended up becoming my thesis committee head said something to me …

Mom life is the best life. So I keep telling myself.

August 12, 2019 / in: babies, Mom life, women, writing

I love being a mom. I mean love it—both to my furry and human babies. But even an easy-going mom …

Subscription boxes for pregnant ladies

November 14, 2017 / in: babies, family, pregnancy, women, writing

I’m not sure how this happened (aside from, you know, having a baby), but I have swung happily into full-on …

Breastfeeding battles

October 10, 2017 / in: babies, women, writing

I’m six weeks into being a new mom, yet I’m still working up the nerve to breastfeed in public. Due …

What pregnancy taught me

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 / in: babies, change, pregnancy, strength, women, writing

I watched entirely too much Dexter to feel fully comfortable with what was happening with my body. But then again, …

Year to year

November 29, 2016 / in: roller derby, women, writing

I’ve been sifting through my photos lately and thinking about where I was a year ago. Just over a year …

For the ladies

September 11, 2016 / in: strength, women, writing

I now interrupt these sporadically-scheduled posts about Thailand to talk about boys. And I do mean boys — not men. …

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