Welcoming a new baby into the world is a miracle. Almost as beautiful as the miracle of an epidural. But after the dust settles (literally, all over the living room), the family members leave and everyone else on the planet resumes their normal life - mothers are left with a very tiny, very demanding, very ungrateful little life-form whose [...]
There's a country song that my dad loves to quote for me every time I get ahead of myself. Like when I decided to move to Maine at 17 to live with my aunt and uncle at their summer home and wait tables to save for school. Or when I adopted a puppy my senior [...]
They say there are 24 hours in every day - but I assure you that the days following a pregnancy due date have more like 7,458. I thought that this time around I wouldn't be so anxious. I thought having a 2.5 year old would distract me, and that those final weeks would fly by [...]
Dear Lucy, Last night I was reading a book to your big sister and in the book the mommy goes to the doctor for an ultrasound so the big sister can see what her baby sister looks like. Mia saw the picture and was immediately worried about you. "Oh no, mommy!" she said. "It's dark in there. Lucy's [...]
I've been thinking about writing this post for a few days now - and besides the obvious reasons for the delay (breastfeeding, changing diapers, breastfeeding, changing diapers...also breastfeeding and changing diapers) I've been putting it off because it seems literally impossible (even for a copywriter) to put into words the experience of birthing a child. [...]
Oh Baby Richards 