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    For ambitious women changed by motherhood. Essays on matrescence, identity, ambition, and rebuilding a life that fits — slowly, honestly, in real time.

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    I write about matrescence, identity, and the strange middle of becoming a mother. For women who feel completely like themselves and absolutely nothing like themselves- all before 9am.

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