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A letter from Turenki Finland to Arcata California, 2015
Dear Katherine The days are cold and the nights, colder yet. Upon stepping into the white world outside of my apartment, winter’s cruel fingers grasp my face turning it pink and the hairs of my nostrils become icy strands. it is dark and lonely, a feeling i know all too well. the clerks at the market,…
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I want to write fiction??
I want to start writing some fiction tales. Since I was a little kid I have loved stories, both reading and writing. I used to want to be an author after my third grade teacher told me I could be based on my writing skills. I created a couple things here and there. One of…
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contemplating creating a human and other nervous pre-birth ramblings
It’s Friday July 19th 2024. A very nice sunny warm day. I am 39 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I woke up today with a lot of anxiety deep inside. My heart is racing a bit. I have been anxious for the past few weeks though. I mean I am always anxious but like special…
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Domestic Queen Mother Shit
Just some random life updates It’s been over a month since I’ve written anything which is fine, but surprising, but not really. Surprising because writing is one of the easiest, least-effort things for me to do, like, compared to painting or reading for instance. But not surprising because I do be ebbing and flowing with…
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How the Stars Aligned – a Love Story
tldr: we met at work but if you want the full drama: It was Christmas-time in 2016. I had to work a catering event; a company holiday party at the Everett Yacht Club. Juniper was 6 months old that December. I had just gotten the catering job a few months prior. I was married to…
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A mother is born- my unmedicated water birth story
This is the story of giving birth to Juniper when I was 23. Birth has been on my mind because I am about to do it for the second time this summer, 8 years later, and I am needing to think about what direction I am going with my maternity care and birth team and…