Holding It Together (Barely)
Christy DavisMy real stories about grief, postpartum, and motherhood, and villagefor, the app I'm building so no mom has to guess if she's okay.
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My Dad Cried for His Baby, I Cried for Mine
Dear reader,
The photo above is Kaiden, fifteen minutes after he was born. He still looks grey in it. I hate that picture. I hate that it’s the only one I have of his first moments, and I hate that every time I look at it I’m back in that...
Issue One: Nobody Sent Me Anything, So You're Stuck With My Stuff
Dear reader,
Welcome to the very first Village Thursday. I’ve been planning this one for a week and I’m just going to say the quiet part out loud: I have zero reader replies, zero submitted questions, and zero crowdsourced small wins to wo...
5 Years Into Motherhood, I Finally Feel Like Myself Again. Here’s What Got Me There.
Dear reader,
Last week I left you in the delivery room, code called, fifteen nurses flooding in. I promised you the NICU story next. It’s still coming.
Thanks for reading Holding It Together (Barely)! Subscribe for free to receive new pos...
The Day He Wasn't Breathing: Lightning, Balloons, and a Shoulder That Gave Out
Dear reader,
Yesterday was three years. Three years since my dad died. June 30th. Father’s Day was two weekends ago. Now I’m in the countdown to his birthday on July 10th. My husband’s birthday. The same damn day.
Thanks for reading Holdi...
The year everything got heavier, and the morning I waddled into HomeGoods alone at 38 weeks pregnant.
Dear reader,
I had an emotional hangover after that first letter. I hadn’t revisited the beginning of my dad’s cancer diagnosis in a long time. Six years. It’s almost unbelievable to me that it’s been six years since 2020. So much has happ...
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Motherhood remade me. Grief unmade me. I'm somewhere in the middle, still figuring it out. I built VillageFor because the support I needed didn't exist. Honest writing on mental health, motherhood, and finding your way back.
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