Posts under ‘post-partum depression’

The Leisurely Life of a Stay-at-Home Mom

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georgia.g on Flickr
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When my son was first born, I actually spent some time doing that thing that we stay-at-home moms supposedly spend our lazy, bon-bon eating days doing: I watched television. Now, I know, folks who haven't actually been stay-at-home parents to a colicky infant -- whose poor [...]

Caring for Myself

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There's a picture of me somewhere, when my son was a few months old, sitting at the computer and uploading pictures of him to share. I got lots of advice to sleep when the baby slept. I was told by plenty of people [...]

The Geographic Cure

"The only consistent feature in all of your dissatisfying relationships is you."
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Early in recovery, I struggled with the notion that the geographic cure -- trying to fix my life with a move to a new home, a new job or a new relationship -- is a fallacy. I know that I bring my problems [...]

My Son’s Gimpy Fin

This has been cross-posted at Two Women Blogging.

Now, I may not be one for much crying, but I did cry (I'll admit it, I did) the first time (ok, ok! few times) I watched Finding Nemo. Even before I lost track of my son a few times, I related so much to the [...]

The Penultimate Piece of the Puzzle

This is the fourth in a series of posts on how I came to discover my husband's sex addiction five years ago.
When our son was born, our world performed one neat pirouette before going into a crazy, unexpected, largely incomprehensible interpretive dance. Mark and I found ourselves crazy in love with this tiny creature who [...]

24 Steps

Recently, in addition to attending 12 Step meetings for sex addiction, my husband has started attending Debtors Anonymous, a 12 Step for those with compulsive debt problems. I'm a bit skeptical of this myself; while we do have an overwhelming debt problem, I'm not certain that it was the result of compulsive behavior. [...]