by Stephanie Freeman | Nov 28, 2020 | Parenting, Postpartum
Holding Babies I time traveled yesterday. If you were to have seen me, I would have just looked like a woman holding a baby on a glider (rocker.) It was afternoon in early November and the weather seems to be wishing itself into autumn. The sky was grayish and in the...
by Stephanie Freeman | Oct 25, 2020 | Birth, Parenting
We break apart and we are put back together So I was reading a not-birth-related-book the other day (I know, shocker) and there was a brief description by one of the characters about giving birth (of course) and I thought it was so spot on that I wanted to share it...
by Matt DeVriendt | Oct 3, 2020 | Advocacy, Parenting, The F Word
A word from Matt on Safety One of the most prevalent feelings in a new father is to protect. What else could the primordial version of ourselves have to offer other than safety? Many of us are wondering, how do I keep something so fragile so safe? It’s funny, or...
by Matt DeVriendt | Sep 24, 2020 | Origin Stories, Parenting
Why I’m here I’ve known I wanted to be a Dad from a very young age. The vague memory I can muster of the first time it came up is my devoutly religious mother giving me my first Bible. (That’s right, I would be gifted many more Bibles over the course of my life,...
by Abby Larsen | Aug 27, 2020 | Advocacy, Birth Trauma, Human Rights in Childbirth, Informed Consent, Parenting, The F Word
What We Do P. 2: The Nitty Gritty …And what we don’t do, because that is also important. We get asked what we “do” all the gosh durn time. And like Stephanie mentioned in her previous post (that I just conveniently linked for you to catch up...
by Stephanie Freeman | Jul 30, 2020 | Parenting
A few years ago Sara Barielles released a song called “I Choose You” and it’s a beautiful love song. And a community of adoptive parents heard it in a way that the rest of us didn’t. I’ve never listened to love songs the same way because...
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