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Mother Nature’s Son
Paradise Campground, Oregon. Sebastian is hungry, so we stop. As a mother, there are a lot of uncomfortable places and ways to feed your baby, but there are also some moments where it just feels right. In this moment, I felt connected to the outside world, a part of the living cycle in which things…
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Hike It Baby – Terry Hershey Park
Close to the time my maternity leave from work was ending, I stumbled upon this group online that seemed congruent with my current lifestyle – Hike It Baby. The Houston branch is part of a national organization dreamed up by founder Shanti Hodges of Portland, Oregon in 2013. There are branches in 100 different cities…
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Mike Driscoll Park
“Every time…”. That’s what my husband says when we make the turn from Beltway 8 northbound to head west on the Westpark Tollway. This is in response to what has been reduced to a simple gesture from me, or the beginning of a statement, something like “Someday, I want to…” or “Have I ever told…