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Making God Laugh
It’s 3 am and I am 41 weeks pregnant. That’s 2 weeks longer than my first 2 kids, and those 2 weeks have felt like eternity. I’ve been having steady contractions off and on since 36 weeks which makes it seem like over a month of labor. In that month we found a new place Continue reading
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His Strength Is Mine
It’s funny how life comes back around in cycles. I often find myself in the same place, learning the same lessons over again which I thought I had conquered years ago. I guess your own history repeats itself. Nothing really changes, but everything does. The universe is more circular than we realize. And our inner selves Continue reading
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All the Right Reasons- Thoughts on Pregnancy, Love & Staying Fit
I’ve always had a disdain for exercise. Maybe because I am not athletic, or because when I was younger I didn’t think I needed it because I had a super high metabolism and could eat whatever I wanted and stayed skinny. Maybe it’s because it was forced on me when I attended a strict Christian Continue reading
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The Three Births of Aurelia Claire
It’s close to four in the morning and I am awakened by the sound of my daughter crying. I slowly emerge out of a sleepy haze, rolling over to get out of bed. I pick my baby up out of her bassinet and try to comfort her. Her cry is loud now, reverberating across a silent Continue reading
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As the World Explodes with Love
I keep anticipating that moment outside time when my body releases yours after it has held you so tight and you become your own but how can I anticipate a bright star coming into existence across a galaxy how do I anticipate seeing you an oh-so-familiar stranger part me part the love of Continue reading
Brooke Gale LouvieR 