Noted by Hilary Oliver
Writing, reading, trail running, toddler tussling—and just trying to pay attention.
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- Sep 20, 2026
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- Jul 19, 2026
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On the “mom aesthetic” (opens the original)
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Let’s normalize asking each other this question (opens the original)
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I've been waiting four years to share this (opens the original)
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What do you do when you don’t recognize yourself?Splayed on the couch with my sleeping newborn draped across my chest, I watched yellow and black wings flicker outside the window as butterflies migrated through our front yard—which at this point felt like a distant, foreign land. I looked down at the feet propped on the footrest, which apparently were mine. In the flurry of newborn care as we left the hospital, nobody told me they’d swell like overstuffed sausages with retained fluid following m
Passing things on—wisely (opens the original)
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