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A NEW DAY

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on January 18, 2021January 19, 2021

A companion piece to my previous blogpost: Things that we feel we could accomplish now that we have experienced not one but two CONSECUTIVE decent night’s sleeps, or at least with very minimal wakings from …

a lot, how interesting, i am a grown up, I am a mother, i am lucky, my boy, whining, YAY

scream feels

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on January 16, 2021January 16, 2021

We have begun sleep training Joe, and by we I mean Joe screams and Morrison does the actual work of patiently listening to it, and I hide in the backyard. It only took me 90 …

a lot, I am a mother, my boy, whining, worrying

I love you

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on January 8, 2021January 8, 2021

Sharing this very absurd very narcissistic feeling here in this very safe very public space: sometimes I catch myself worrying that my son doesn’t love me. Or I think, what do I need to do …

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hindsight is 2020

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020

It was the best of years, it was the worst of years. It has been a devastating year for many, I want to first acknowledge that. But looking back, I feel OH SO FORTUNATE that …

a lot, boys, CAKES, family, food, horn tooting, I am a mother, i am lucky, my boy, the future, the whole world, vacay's, words, YAY

how to play

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on December 27, 2020December 27, 2020

Santa brought Joe a box set of Montessori toys, designed to encourage him to grasp things and develop his curiosity and hand-eye coordination so that he might live a long and happy life, grabbing things …

a lot, ha, how interesting, I am a mother, my boy, things that I Have, trying too hard

This Christmas

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on December 25, 2020December 25, 2020

OH, PARDON ME, while I completely abuse and overuse this new ‘image gallery’ setting I discovered on my blog that is probably a thing that everyone in the world already knew how to do, except …

a lot, i am lucky, life, my boy, the future, the making of babies, YAY

The Cookies of my Labor

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on December 23, 2020

I ask myself these questions: should all of the time I spent the last six weeks baking this myriad of Christmas Cookies for neighbors and friends and husband and self and taking pictures of these …

a lot, baking, hmmmmm, holidays, how interesting, I am a mother, my boy, Uncategorized

new old things

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on December 7, 2020

The other day I said to Morrison, this year I want one hundred presents under the tree. I want the presents to cascade from the tree into other rooms like we’ve suffered a terrible leak …

a lot, holidays, life, love, memories, my boy, the future, things, things that I Have, trying too hard, YAY

a family

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on December 5, 2020December 5, 2020

Coronavirus has surely taken some normalcies from us, BUT I WAS NOT ABOUT TO LET IT ROB ME OF THE FIRST FAMILY PICTURE, IN WHICH THE PHOTOGRAPHER IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO MAKE THE BABY SMILE …

a lot, babies, family, life, my boy, what I'm wearing, what my friends are doing, YAY

Bekah, Warrior Mother

Posted by Bekahbrunstetter on December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

I’m not really big on gore or action sequences, but sometimes when I’m taking Joe on his morning walk, just, say as a meditative exercise, I imagine what I would do if someone ran up …

a lot, I am a mother, my boy