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Emmy Singer (she/her)'s avatar

There she is <3<3

This writing is gorgeous and so are you.

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koula's avatar

so, SO good mads

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Parry's avatar

Ur genius is showing <3

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Esbee Buchanan's avatar

beautiful and heartfelt; thank you for writing and sharing this one!

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Maddie Teren Adams's avatar

Thank you for always reading and supporting <3 Love u!!

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Esbee Buchanan's avatar

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Mary comfort stevens's avatar

Go Maddie!!!

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Maddie Teren Adams's avatar

Thanks, Mary! Really appreciate your consistent support <3

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Leslie Dopper's avatar

I love reading this. Your writing is incredible. Your feelings, your questions, I recognize it all. Thanks for sharing this, it's good for new the mommies to be :-)

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Maddie Teren Adams's avatar

Thank you! I wrote this essay out of my own longing to have someone tell me these sort of things when I was in the early stages of motherhood 💛 Hope it resonates and makes other new moms feel less alone — or at least less shitty about their true feelings 😅

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clair christofersen's avatar

this is so relatable! thank you for speaking the raw truth of so many women.

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Phoeba's avatar

Your writing is beautiful! Made me think back to all those moments too

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Kren Teren's avatar

Just read it for a second time , loved it. The way you go back and forth between the past and the present, the imagery (salty drops of indigo, lawn-tinted paws, arms as textured as a basketball), and all on the path to becoming whole is so well crafted and stated. So proud of you.

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