Posts Tagged “motherhood”

The Baby Bird in My House

by Ashley on March 12, 2014

I have become a closet eater. Not because I’m embarrassed about my snack habits. (Yes, I’ll own up to eating half a bag of M&Ms on occasion.) It’s just that I cannot eat anything in peace anymore. Other mothers can (…)

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Some Songs Are Written For Tears

by Ashley on September 5, 2013

You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are gray You’ll never know, dear How much I love you Please don’t take my sunshine away. The other night, dear As I lay sleeping I dreamed (…)

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Things You Will Never Understand

by Ashley on August 28, 2013

You will never know how much I love you. When you are grown and become a mother, and I hope you become a mother, you still will not understand how much I love you. But you will understand what it (…)

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A Letter to My Daughter: The First of Many

by Ashley on August 20, 2013

I dream of you. At night and during the day. Every time I sleep, you are there. Even when I don’t see you, you’re in the background somewhere. I know because of the way I behave in the dream. I (…)

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Thoughts from a Mother of 6 Months

by Ashley on August 14, 2013

I have been a mother for 6 months and 6 days. There has been good and bad, as I expected. What I didn’t expect was just how much good and how much bad there would be. For example, I expected (…)

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A Word on Candor

by Ashley on February 2, 2013

I tend to be blunt with my friends. Though I try to be tactful, I believe it’s difficult to be close to people if you aren’t able to be honest with them. But recently I griped about someone who was (…)

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