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Family: Again and Again - Blessed Is She

Family: Again and Again

Again and again. Family – that messy, intimate, painful, glorious creation. It’s the place where the Divine takes ingredients from two separate families, blends them together, and observes the results....
Why I Said YES to Having Kids Right Away - Blessed Is She

Why I Said YES to Having Kids Right Away

When we first got married (3 years ago this past August), my husband, Matt, and I had been instructed in depth how to chart my fertility cycles and were prepared...
Body Remodel - Blessed Is She

Body Remodel

A few years ago, I found myself feeling indignant about our culture and its obsession with perfect bodies. I had entered that age in life where everywhere I turned it...
I Chose Life. And His Name is Lexington Anthony. - Blessed Is She

I Chose Life. And His Name is Lexington Anthony.

At 23, I was bartending, serving at my favorite restaurant, working two other jobs and finishing up college. At 23 I was going going going all the time- and it...