self-esteem
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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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37 Weeks
I am not so sure who I am anymore, caught up in another like this. The right colors, the right softness, a ready nest. That is what I am consumed with. It’s weird and cliché, and all too real at once. I get it now, this deafening urge to make a safe space for my Continue reading
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Beyond Beautiful: A Letter To My Daughter
Dear Baby Girl, I can’t wait to welcome you into the world. You are brave to enter this place. It’s big and wide and complicated and dangerous. But it’s beautiful too. It’s filled with laughter and the smell of fresh-cut grass, and light shining on ocean waves and soon, you. Your arrival will make this Continue reading
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I’ve Decided to Forget About Self-Esteem
This morning in the shower I almost lost balance. My body feels so awkward as it stretches and grows, expanding to make space for the life inside me. It’s hard sometimes. One moment I am filled with joy at the thought of my coming baby, the next I just feel awkward and fat. Yesterday I Continue reading
Brooke Gale LouvieR 