DON’T PEEK
January5
We’re not quite done here yet…. so NO PEEKING!
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the story of who i am…
December13
i connect with music, especially songs where the words or ideas actually mean something. ask anyone- i’ll get stuck on the same cd for months at a time, listening to nothing else. lately, i’ve been mulling over brandi carlile’s sophmore album, the story. undeniable passion- that’s why her music has become an ever present soundtrack lately. the title track to “the story” really found its place in the depths of my being. a month or so ago, i was having one of those just.got.kicked.in.the.face.by.the.world days and i found myself listening to this song over and over and over again and singing at the top of my lungs.
all of these lines across my face
tell you the story of who i am
so many stories of where i’ve been
and how i got to where i am-brandi carlile, “the story”
i think this resonates with everyone in the universe. we all have a story. your story, the crap, the joy, the beauty, the ugly- it is who you are. and why do we write? to tell that story. afterall, “stories don’t mean anything when you’ve got no one to tell them to.”
mothering. my boys. they are my story. they are my greatest purpose. and that makes me glad for the story that has made me who i am, because it made me the woman that i am. the mother that i am.
I’m pretty straight forward, and I’m an over-share-er. So if you stick around long enough to get to know me, then you’ll learn way more than you ever wanted to. I try to be real, in all parts of my life. Right now, I’m just trying to juggle it all: marriage, motherhood, nursing school, and laundry (turns out that a crib makes a great laundry hamper if you cosleep).
Yes, I’m in nursing school. I can say that now, because I’m officially in. I’m leaping head first into the busiest two years of my life, filled with didactics and clinicals, diapers and couch snuggles. My end goal is to be a CRNA or a midwife, but right now, I’m just working on the bachelor’s degree.
If you’re wondering about me as a mother, I’m heavy on the attachment side. Babywearing, breastfeeding, cosleeping… we do it all. Kid.the.first was born in May of 2006 and the Gremlin rolled into our lives in February of 2009.