Today I'm linking up with Mama Kat for her Writer's Workshop. The prompt: This year in blog posts…choose a favorite post from each month of 2011 and share. *** January In January, I wrote two of my favorite posts: Monster was written after a particularly bad anxiety attack. In it, I finally opened up about my anxiety disorder and postpartum depression and began to talk about my mom's … [Read more...]
Oct
10
It’s Okay. I’m With The Band.
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I often wonder why blogging entered my life after I won the battle with postpartum depression. Not that blogging would have made the fight easier, but I could have really used the support and comfort while I was deep in my illness. A year after I started blogging (and two and a half years after Blake's birth), I decided it was time to open up about my battle with PPD, anxiety and depression, … [Read more...]
Feb
14
One or Two Person Income? That Is The Question.
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Ken and I are looking to make some big changes. When we moved into this house six years ago, we were never planning on kids. We'd always be DINKs (look it up) with a garage full of toys and plenty of time to do whatever we wanted. Boy, have times changed. Now we have this little "angel" to contend with, and I'll stop short of saying we made a mistake in moving, but I will be the first to … [Read more...]
Jan
10
Monster
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I knew I was going to have Postpartum Depression. The second I found out I was pregnant, I knew I was going to have a hard time adjusting. I knew my anxiety would be spun out of control. I knew I had a rough road ahead. But most of all, I knew I couldn't become her. Despite what I'd seen and been through growing up, I came out the other side fairly unscathed. It's not to say that I had a … [Read more...]
