Spinning Plates
On March 31st, Martin and I will celebrate our one-year anniversary closing on our house, which is super incredible! I think back to the uncertainty, while we packed in Florida and all the plates that were spinning: […]
Category: Midwestern
The Boys’ Dad – Thursday Things
Folks, I’m here with another installment of Thursday Things. This week has been a tough one, because the world lost someone amazing. He’s been in quite a few posts I’ve written, in fact, I’ve only ever referred to him as “The Boy’s Dad” here on Hopeful Midwesterner. So today’s Thursday Things are dedicated to you […]
“I can’t breathe”
Trigger warning ahead: violence and foul language
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After college, I lived in an apartment on the north side of the city, with my all-star roommates, (please read the sarcasm there) we’ll call them Elizabeth and Jessica. We were fortunate enough to have some outstanding downstairs neighbors. (Please read the additional sarcasm utterly dripping from there, too.) […]
My Birth
I’ve been told the story of my birth, my grand entrance into this world, by countless people throughout my life. You see, I was the first grandchild on both my Mom and Dad’s side. I was kind of a big deal…
“What are you having?”
“What are you having?”
“Is it a boy or a girl?”
“Do you know if it’s a boy or a girl yet?”
“When do you find out if it’s a girl or a boy?”
“What do you think it is? A boy or a girl?”
“Which one do you want? A girl or a boy?” […]
BB1
We met our baby for the first time on Monday morning.
It was the best moment of my life.
It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen.
Ever. […]
Christmas Music
It’s a hot topic: When do you find it socially, personally, societally acceptable to begin listening to Christmas music?
Growing up, the rule was not until after […]
Cravings & Crying
This Friday will mark 8 weeks exactly into this pregnancy, which also happens to be 2/3 of the way through the First Trimester (Y’all gon’ learn today!)
The first trimester of a pregnancy is mainly marked by morning sickness (in more than 50% of women!), gas, cravings, and emotional turbulence (because hormones are all kinds of whack-a-doo.)
Morning Sickness has me. But it’s […]
Great News
Dearest friends & readers it is with great joy & celebration that I report:
After 11 months trying, countless doctor visits in both Florida and Illinois, med changes, countless sticks peed on, more than 25 pounds lost, and gallons of tears shed:
Martin and I are officially having a baby!!! […]
Noodles
I want to tell you a story about when things just happen the way they’re supposed to…
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It was springtime 2010. I had been out of college for a couple of years and had just moved back home with my parents in Evanston after an awful apartment situation in Rogers Park (a neighborhood in Chicago just north of the city). (That’s a story for another day!)
While I had lived in the apartment, I had the opportunity to […]
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