Category: PIECES OF ME
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“I’ll Be a Better Mom If You Give Me an Hour”
If you’re reading this, thanks already. When I was 9 years old, my mom got pregnant with my baby sister. By the time I was 11, my Mom had 2 small children, 2 years apart. As a pre-teen, I began to bare witness to a Mother who took time for her health and fitness, while…
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A TRIBUTE TO THE 4TH TRIMESTER
If you’re reading this, thanks already. Today I put this blanket in a box. A box marked “newborn clothing”: squished to the brim with too-tiny-for-her items. I tucked it neatly next to spit up cloths and nursing pads, premie sleepers and bonnets that only ever fit for a week- and I closed the lid. “My…
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Let Me Set My Own Boundaries
If you’re reading this, thanks already. Today I have a small, yet very firm, request to share as I excitedly take on more “office hours” and a heavier workload since having my second daughter. K𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲: LET ME SET MY OWN BOUNDARIES 🤗As lovely as it is to see my PF4U Family…
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Workin’ Mom
If you’re reading this, thanks already. To my fellow working mom’s: maybe you can relate.. Sometimes I feel like an awesome business owner, and sometimes I feel like an awesome mom. But, it’s never on the same day. And that bugs me. I am a woman with two dreams, one identity…
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It’s About Connection
If you’re reading this, thanks already. When we’re little: we think life is all about things. Baby dolls and Barbie cars and new light up running shoes. The new Nintendo 64 game and Toys R Us shopping sprees. The collection of “things” fills our soul. Then, as we mature: life becomes more…
Authentically Ashlyn 