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Becoming a Mother Means Stepping into the Uncharted Territories of Your Heart.

by Donna Bruschi on Jun 09, 2022

You are leaving childish ways behind and integrating them into daily life at the same time. You will give up all you hold dear. You will have more fun and laugh harder at silly things. You will feel your heart expand with love and then break a million times over again.

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Trusting Your Instincts

by Donna Bruschi on Nov 18, 2020

I have been thinking a lot about trusting my instincts as a mother. Sometimes that is easier said than done, especially when someone in an authority position (a doctor, a teacher, a specialist,) or someone whose approval I seek (my mother, my partner, my friend,) is telling me that something I am doing, is wrong. It can be enormously frustrating and it recently happened to me.

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