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28 September 2012 by not a wild hera
My lovely sister just hooked us up with tickets to a Mumford & Sons show in November. Huzzah! My husband …
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Category: music, social media, spirituality, video
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Tags: Bodies, Counting Crows, God, lyrics, Marcus Mumford, Mumford & Sons, music, poetry, Sigh No More, Timshel, Tori Amos, worship
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26 September 2012 by not a wild hera
The numbers are clear. If you know a few parents, you know someone who’s had postnatal depression, whether they blogged …
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Category: babies, community, depression, gratitude, motherhood, partners
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Tags: babysitting, cooking, friendship, How It Is, listening, newborn, postnatal depression, postpartum depression, supporting new parents
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25 September 2012 by not a wild hera
I first encountered Carlos Gonzalez in this Guardian interview, and thought, what a lovely man! I bought his second book, …
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Category: attachment parenting, babies, books, co-sleeping, culture, parenting, science
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Tags: Carlos Gonzalez, Kiss Me!, parenting research
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24 September 2012 by not a wild hera
It’s hard to be a lawyer or used-car dealer, but harder to be a mother-in-law. All three are reviled in …
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Category: culture, feminism, gratitude, motherhood, partners, whanau
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Tags: He Qi. Sandy Freckleton Gagon, mothers-in-law, Naomi, Ruth, sexist jokes
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23 September 2012 by not a wild hera
Which one makes you cry? I saw this slightly mushy video a year ago, when I was pregnant, and was …
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Category: blogging, motherhood, parenting, pregnancy, video, whanau
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Tags: advice, mothers, YouTube
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21 September 2012 by not a wild hera
Today is Kent’s birthday and I miss him. Here are some words I spoke at his funeral in January, after …
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Category: gratitude, lament, whanau
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Tags: Kent Humphrey
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20 September 2012 by not a wild hera
I often tell my husband he needs to write a book about how to be an awesome partner to a …
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Category: body image, food, gratitude, partners, pregnancy, whanau
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Tags: body image, breakfast in bed, morning sickness, Superhero, supporting pregnant women
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19 September 2012 by not a wild hera
Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before …
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Category: books, gratitude, partners, whanau
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Tags: Camerado, Happy Anniversary!, Walt Whitman
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17 September 2012 by not a wild hera
My very favourite Walter has just had heart surgery, in the first week of his life on the outside. In …
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Category: babies, gratitude, prayer, video, whanau
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Tags: Dead Poets' Society, Walt Disney, Walt Whitman, Walter Dix, Walter Langley, Walter Raleigh, Walter Scott
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14 September 2012 by not a wild hera
This is the second post in a series on my experience of postnatal depression. The first is here. I was …
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Category: babies, childbirth, depression, gratitude, home
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Tags: anxiety, baby blues, birth, brainpower, How It Is, Klimt, labour, maternal mental health services, Munch, postnatal depression, postpartum depression, resilience, von Rosen hip splint
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