Ramblings: How Amazing was 2014?!
Well it was for me, anyway! I think I already put everything in words during the year, and that doesn't really need to be rehashed again, so here are my highlights, lowlights and anything in between...
We moved from Bushwick to Flushing in the middle of one of the worst winters in a while, and started preparing for our little munchkin to make an appearance HERE
Those days when I was past my due date and made multiple trips to Fort Greene from Flushing on the subway HERE
Luna Marlena's Birth Story HERE
Why we need to talk about recovery from childbirth HERE
And Breastfeeding HERE
My list of Baby Essentials HERE
Learning that Luna has a congenital heart defect HERE
I wrote the story of Love from my eyes HERE
Robin Williams died and I wrote about my own father HERE
I rambled about how babies don't "sleep as babies" HERE
And about how there is no perfect however media tries to tell us there is HERE
An ode to my "fussy" baby HERE
My love letter to our home, New York City HERE
A recollection of a holiday spent in India over 20 years ago HERE
Halloween and the Dia de los Muertos with an American-English-Mexican infant HERE
Luna had her first illness HERE
I wrote an honest piece about my ups and downs with alcohol and why I am sober HERE
A piece on adapting to motherhood HERE
And we celebrated our first Christmas as a family of 3 HERE
All of the above interspersed with essays and stories on Feminism, social issues that need to be fixed, Love, Death, Sadness, Happiness, and anything else that captured my attention and sent my mind running ahead with words and thoughts.
Although I didn't have as much time to review music as I used to, I did make time to write about some of my favourite bands and also discovered some new ones: Varsovie, The Last Internationale, Interpol, Grand Bain, Thought Forms & Esben & The Witch, The Brackish
And finally, I basically kept an online journal of Luna's first months, something I will continue until she is a year old: Month 8, Month 7, Month 6, Month 5, Month 4, Month 3, Month 2, Month 1
2015 already promises to be full of stories that are waiting to be told, photos that are waiting to be taken and surprises around each corner. I'm looking forward to it <3