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a quote from Jenny Slate you need to know about

…you really are constantly drawing and re-drawing picture of who you want to be… Yeah! that’s true. but you have to be limber to do that which means completely in rejection of the phrase ‘bent out of shape’, that every shape that you’ll be bent into, whether you do it to yourself or you’re blown by the wind or someone comes in there and fuckin’ breaks you in half for a sec, is still you. and that you are meant to change and stretch. no version of yourself is permanent. No. good or bad. Yeah. No version of myself is permanent; but sometimes, the bad parts are… umm... trying to fool me into thinking they’re permanent.

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“At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough. You don’t need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.”

— Toni Morrison, Tar Baby

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An Obstinate, Headstrong Girl!

I’ve had the realization that you probably won’t be a perfect mix of all of your dad’s perfect qualities and mine. I’ve realized that you will have some thorns. But the difference between your thorns and mine is that I won’t hate you for them. Maybe they’ll make me love you even more fiercely. I think you’ll be like me softened by the kindness of your dad. While I secretly worry about you resembling me, I wonder if I should stop.

Before I meet you on the colder side of my belly button, I will try to make some changes about the way I think. Be less worried. I think I might like to meet a little girl with thorns and will love her very much for them.

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Conversations with Kind Family “in the know”:

“Are you feeling better today?” (at a 5ft+ distance to ensure safety from my vomit-radius)

What I think: “Relative to my face stuck in the toilet, heaving my insides or…?”

Words I actually choke out after a 3 second, no teeth smile: “Yeah, it has been ok!”

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(not so) Definitive List of Vomit-Inducing Stimuli*

· Trying to swallow a probiotic horse pill

· Brushing my teeth

· My husband’s hot hummus breath

· Watching a particularly fast-moving facebook ad

· Smelling Thai food

· Thinking about Thai food

· Seeing Thai food in the fridge

· Opening the fridge door

· Most activities related to the fridge

· Sitting up too fast

· Standing up before 10:30am

· Running to the toilet when I inevitably have to pee every 2.5 hours

*the truest sorrow of pregnancy comes with the realization that this list is never definitive and that the universe is constantly searching for ways to transform things I love into the enemy

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RE: pregnancy and mental prep for motherhood

I recognize that, at times, I tend to write with a flair for the dramatic so don’t hold too many of my words against me. I hope these posts represent the journey of my thoughts about pregnancy and impending motherhood.

I reserve the right to change my mind. I reserve the right to feel differently about things.

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