February: Love After Babies
“It wasn’t the love story she had imagined, but it was hers. And she lived it (most days even happily) ever after.”
Marriage, at first, can look a whole lot like bridal magazines, venue pamphlets, Pinterest boards, and lofty sighs heavy with hope and longing. But what we don’t see when we say our vows to our life-long partner are the hard years—the bleary-eyed, bone-tired, and body-changing years.
The days with new babies, thrashing toddlers, argumentative elementary schoolers, and hectic schedules with teens. These are the days when we fight to look for the vows we made after a spat made about washing the dishes, the tears after hearing about chronic illness, or the mundanity of sticking to a budget.
Despite this, we hold onto the stories, and the hope, and feel all the feelings.
This month, write your love after babies story—the good, the bad, and quite possibly the ugly. Need a resource to help? Check out some previously published “Love After Babies” essays here.
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Love in the Subtleties
A Body I Can’t Trust
Then & Now
For the Love of Breakfast
Metamorphosis
Texts after babies
That One Guest Bathroom: A Love Story
We unravel.. and we rebuild
Mondays at Eleven
the swells
It's the Little Things
How Can I Love You?
Scavengers of Time
In Sickness and In Mental Health
Love After Babies
For the love of a good dog
Confidence Jar
On Love and Dental Exams
Lullabies and Whoopie Cushions