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Real is Better than Perfect*
This was a good reminder for me. I have moles. And scars. And cellulite. And stretch marks. Ohhhh the stretch marks. I have a stomach that is still soft and wiggly from birth. I still have a lot of “baby weight” to lose. …or do I? My body is real. It’s not perfect, and it probably never will be. …but it’s done some pretty incredible things. I have five babies worth of stretch marks across my body. I can choose to see them as imperfections and feel ashamed of marks they have made on my body… or I can choose differently. I can choose to see them as a mosaic,…
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The First Solo Drive*
Guess who just did a two hour solo drive with all four kids??? 💪 M is back at work and I wanted to see my parents, so I decided to brave the drive on my own. Two kids slept and one kid puked but we made it in one piece! I used to get so so carsick as a kid. My siblings will attest that pretty much any time we were in the car for more than an hour I’d get sick–I almost derailed a Florida trip when we were little because I got SO sick. Thankfully I grew out of it as I got older. I seem to have…
