Life

Breastfeeding is a Full-Time Job


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I’ve been up for at least 2 hours now. My daughter is an early riser due to the bus schedule for school. I went to bed really early last night so I didn’t get the chance to do my last pump session before calling it a night. I would usually crawl right back into bed before it’s time to hop on my 8:30 conference call, but I’ve been trying to exclusively breastfeed for as long as I’m able to. It’s been absolutely draining. Being hooked up to a machine for the majority of the day. And if I’m not  ...

Life

Delta.


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We were on watch for Hurricane Delta since Thursday afternoon. It’s been an interesting hurricane season for the state of Louisiana, but this is something that we anticipate every year. I guess it was just a bit different this time with all that 2020 has given us thus far. My city got a lot of wind and rain but sometimes thats all that’s needed to cause damage. Especially when rain that isn’t associated with any type of storm can destroy homes and lives as well. I usually sleep light during these events so if something  ...

Life

Wrapped in Nostalgia


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I’m up early on a Saturday beasting through my chore list. And because it’s still early, I’d thought I’d be considerate enough not to blast my cleaning playlist. But because of my consideration, my mind is a bit busier than usual. I’ve been trying to process what my feelings mean as of late. For some reason, I’ve been longing to go back to points in my life even remotely close to a time where life was normal. When I realized it was October, I thought about this post that I wrote last year and just how  ...