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And the Verdict Is . . .

When I first learned we’d have to move, I started to wonder whether it would be easier to move while eight months pregnant or with a ten-month-old child.  We’ve now done both, and the verdict is . . . It is easier to move with a ten-month-old child, more specifically, a ten-month-old child who cannot […]

August 3, 2011

Brooklyn, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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We’re Here!

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers for a good move, reader friends!  Things went very smoothly, the movers were quicker (and thus cheaper) than we’d expected, and with my parents’ help we got a ton unpacked our first day in the new place.  As John and I sat down late that night to say our […]

August 2, 2011

Brooklyn, Faith, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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What I’ll Miss About This Apartment

On Monday, we will move to our third apartment in just under two years of marriage.  Needless to say, moving this often was not in our plan.  But who said our plan was the one that counts, right?   Last year’s move was a stressful one:  I was (very) pregnant, we were moving to a […]

July 29, 2011

Brooklyn, Marriage, Modern Perspectives, Motherhood, Young Married Mom

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