We got my toddler two little toddler chairs that can go around a coffee table we have. She started eating lunch at our dining table but swiftly gravitated to the living room where her brothers are enjoying waffles on their snow day. It’s here in these moments that I’m really learning to let go. MyContinue reading “Moments: To Eating in New Little Places”
Author Archives: Sheralyn J. Bateman
Moments: To Heaps of Laundry
I love writing. I want to write books and I want to read them. I want to create compelling stories and remind all of us about the important things. But right now I have brief moments between heaps of laundry. I’ve been asking myself how I can keep working my writing muscles when I don’tContinue reading “Moments: To Heaps of Laundry”
To Parenting
I’m almost five months into this whole thing and let me tell you, it’s not getting easier. I’ve spent minute after minute and hour after hour researching, asking, crying, doubting and comparing myself. I was supposed to have it figured out by now. That was a covert expectation I had set for my self. AnotherContinue reading “To Parenting”
To Magnolia
This’ll be short and sweet since the blog post I started the other day couldn’t get finished due to, you know, going into labor. So, without further ado, here she is: Introducing: Magnolia Jeanne Bateman born on Tuesday, March 21st 2023 at 9:48pm. A healthy 7lbs 10oz and 20.75” and absolutely a baby dream. SheContinue reading “To Magnolia”
To Pregnancy
General Thoughts on Pregnancy So Far: *Disclaimer* I wrote the first part of this blog in November and never posted it. So, this is somewhat old info until the next asterisk section that is my current update. First Trimester: No food, please. I’m hungry, but I hate everything. Why does shampoo smell SO BAD?!?!? Menu:Continue reading “To Pregnancy”
To Special Moments
I’m writing to you from my kitchen as I’m perched on a stool and my laptop sits on a dish towel covering a crumb-littered counter. I just dumped a bag of frozen meatballs into a pot of tomato sauce and the water for spaghetti is on its way to a rolling boil. The dishwasher needsContinue reading “To Special Moments”
To Growth
Growth is not linear but a winding path of attention before, behind and all around you. Sheralyn Bateman This is, perhaps, the most common teaching point I have taught this semester. I have said it to students who doubt their improvements, who feel like they’ve stepped back in skill instead of forward and also toContinue reading “To Growth”
To New Things
I’m pregnant! Yes, that’s right. We, Bateman’s of 4, are increasing in number by one special life in March of 2023. It’s been a crazy year and things just keep getting more exciting but we’re in it and watching our life take root. Stay tuned and enjoy this picture update of me slaying pregnant life.
To Rhythm
*Disclaimer* I wrote this in October 2020 but never finished it. I enjoyed revisiting it and finishing it today. It’s a bit disjointed but I think the thoughts are at least there for you to consider. This season’s Magnolia Journal focuses on the theme of rhythm. So, of course, musician’s unite over this theme andContinue reading “To Rhythm”
To July
Death is just the moment when the dying ends. Eef Barzelay Ah, July. Sometimes I arrive at this month with many words. Other times I’m just speechless. Faces of people I love rotate on an ever-moving carousel in my mind. My emotions feel so big that, often, my body doesn’t know what to do withContinue reading “To July”
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