Night Shift Mama

Night Shift Mama

So I’m officially a night shift nurse now. 7 PM to 7 AM, three times a week, pediatric unit at Rex. I thought nursing school prepared me for everyt...

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Playing Dress-Up in Scrubs

Playing Dress-Up in Scrubs

So today I officially became a Real Nurse. Capital R, capital N. I put on my scrubs this morning and looked in the mirror and thought: you don’t lo...

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Wedding Planning: Babies Welcome

Wedding Planning: Babies Welcome

So apparently Pinterest thinks I need seventeen different types of table linens and four backup ceremony locations, but Sophie thinks I need to fee...

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Twenty-Two

Twenty-Two

So this is 22. Sitting in my kitchen in yesterday’s jeans, holding my two-month-old daughter, staring at a cake that looks like it survived a small...

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Everything Stopped

Everything Stopped

Six weeks. That’s how long it took for Sophie to look at me and really smile - not gas, not a sleepy accident, but a real “I see you, Mama” smile.

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3 AM and Other Extreme Sports

3 AM and Other Extreme Sports

So here I am at 3:17 AM, sitting at my kitchen island with Sophie latched on like a tiny vampire, and I thought - why not document this beautiful c...

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Marcus as a Dad: A Review

Marcus as a Dad: A Review

It’s been four weeks since Sophie arrived and I’ve been watching this man transform into a father in real time. He Googles everything. “Is it norma...

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