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IF THIS VERY TINY SHOE FITS

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on October 18, 2020October 18, 2020

The internet doesn’t need any more obvious content about how small and adorable and irresistible baby clothes are, or how they are 90% unnecessary, or a transcript of my inner thoughts yesterday as I found …

a lot, hmmmmm, I am a mother, my boy

ears peeled

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on October 16, 2020

Ever since Joe’s arrival, my hearing is sharper. It’s like some cotton from one of my many childhood ear infections was left inside and when I gave birth it was spotted, taken out, and suddenly, …

a lot, hmmmmm, i am a grown up, I am a mother, I am a mother, my boy, trying too hard

Boys

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on October 12, 2020

Me, reading this Book to Joe: Okay so Joe, trucks and cars and trains are typically things that Boys like, but you don’t HAVE to like any of these things. You can like whatever you …

a lot, generally, ha, hmmmmm, my boy

freedom

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on October 9, 2020

I have never in my life felt more engaged in an election, probably because I want to shape and preserve the world for my son, so that he might grow up in a country where …

generally, i am lucky, my boy, politics, the future

not lost on me

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on October 5, 2020

October is national pregnancy and infant loss awareness month, and it’s not lost on me that this time last year, we’d just had our second failed IVF transfer and I screamed in a parking lot …

how interesting, i am a grown up, i am lucky, life, MAWWAGE., memories, my boy, my boy

you had to be there

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020

Today, on how Babies are like Sunsets: pictures don’t capture them. You see the sunset, it’s striking, you scramble for your phone, take a picture, then look at the picture you took, and something magic …

a lot, babies, hmmmmm, i am lucky, my boy, the future, tout, words

dishwasher v. boy

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on September 27, 2020September 27, 2020

I’ve always been in love with Time, or at least I’ve perceived it as Love, but it’s Control: I own it, and it does what I want. Each second is a something that can be …

generally, ha, hmmmmm, how interesting, i am a grown up, i am lucky, my boy

the worry spot

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on September 23, 2020September 23, 2020

Joe, in 15 or so years: Mom? What is this weird spot on my chest? Me: Where? Joe: right here, over my heart? It’s this weird like, indented spot. Is it like my birthmark, or …

a lot, my boy, worrying, YAY

the Baby Gym

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on September 21, 2020

There are things called baby gyms that you put your baby underneath to stimulate their brains, and if you DON’T then your baby will grow up to be a murderer or at least have little …

a lot, boys, ha, hmmmmm, my boy, things that I Have, worrying, YAY

screaming awake

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on September 19, 2020

I’m still getting used to New Sleep, in which you never quite sleep, but are always listening for the sound of your baby crying, or moving, or thinking, or anything-ing. You float above sleep, but …

a lot, i am a grown up, i am scared, LA angst, life, my boy