2014-07-02 05:15
My hands smell of fresh, succulent lemons as I prepare breakfast, lemons that were picked from my parents' farm. It's so strange that a scent can be so much, could carry so much meaning. I a… Read More
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2014-05-20 13:57
I found this on my phone the other day as I sat and breastfed my little bear. I remember vaguely when I wrote it that I wanted to spend the day being thankful and full of gratitude and when… Read More
2014-04-29 07:56
Blurry faces from every part of the earth pass us by. I wonder where they are from, where they are going and what language they speak. I wonder how different their life is from mine and then… Read More
2014-01-06 19:32
My French muse with hair of fire talked happily of her new found love and life in Sweden as we roamed around my island home taking photos back in the light-filled summer days. My baby bump w… Read More
2013-12-15 17:06
He eats the snow, my baby, with that flash of curiousness in his eye, thousands of unique snowflakes in one bite, cold and fresh and tasty. A whole universe in his little mouth. I did the sa… Read More
2013-12-09 20:32
I wrote this post just a few short weeks ago before the Winter white came. I didn't have any desire to share it then and before long it was forgotten. Rasmus rediscovered it today and consid… Read More
2013-12-09 12:00
The first snow has arrived and Christmas is only three weeks away. I haven't shared my thoughts here in a long time and it has been haunting me. My mind has been full and has kept me distrac… Read More
2013-12-08 18:27
Words have abandoned me these last weeks and everything feels flat as I watch each character form on the page. So my images will have to speak for me. Here are some photos of recent experien… Read More
2013-11-26 22:50
This sweet cherub of a toddler sits calm and comfortable on my lap, his arm swaddled around my back and his head leaning slightly on my shoulder. He is heavy now and I can feel his chubby be… Read More
2013-11-24 14:07
Life moves quickly and slowly at the same time. Some days fly by and are filled with loveliness and other days are slow and grey. From inside I watch the rain roll down the windows as if the… Read More
2013-11-06 17:12
This has been a week of swirling hormones, tears, entire days spent feeling hopeless in bed and Rasmus, my sweet boy Rasmus, being beautiful and perfect and taking care of me and our baby. I… Read More
2013-11-06 17:12
Rasmus put August to sleep tonight, I felt a strange sense of freedom from the lack of this small privilege I experience each evening. I usually fall asleep with him, his tiny arms wrapped a… Read More
2013-11-06 17:12
It's been another long hiatus since I last posted. Life has been both beautiful and exceptionally hard. Short spells during these last months have been the darkest and most distressing of my… Read More
2013-11-06 17:10
Just a day, a normal day that we made into grey. &n&hell…Read More
2013-11-06 17:10
Wild things grow untamed and unhindered in the cool, moist air. Below the cabin, at the bottom of a rugged hill overlooking the world there is a gleaming blue lake. Still sometimes and refle… Read More
2013-11-06 17:10
In our new backyard where ripe apples litter the green, dewy grass our little August runs wildly as my love takes photos of my growing belly in the afternoon sun. The halfway point on this m… Read More
2013-11-06 17:10
Last week we woke well rested in our new home. We had arrived the night before, exhausted from a cross country train trip and a week of packing and cleaning and were snuggled together in bed… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I lie in the dark and listen to my newborn moan and squeak in his sleep. I listen intently, soaking up the noise that breaks the silence that the darkness brings. I giggle to myself as he sq… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I am exhausted. My body aches more than it ever has before. My pelvis could be breaking and the skin on my stomach is stretched and sore. Walking is painful now and my mind is also tired, li… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
2006-06-07 11:16
It's New Year's day. I stand in the shower with the hot water pouring over my cold body. August sits comfortably on my fully grown belly. His little hands lie on my chest and he turns them s… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Originally published in Elke MagazineHindsight is both a curse and a gift. Mistakes made are so obvious when a slightly older, slightly wiser version of you trawls through old memories… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Originally published in Elke Magazine“I showered for the first time in days, sweet ones, and I was not alone. Your small, pink bodies dancing around my feet while water trickled d… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It was a jet lagged morning that we climbed out of bed and drove in the darkness to a little clearing away from the road. Elder slept on his favourite, thick blanket in the long grass and Au… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Mathilde, with her fiery hair, followed me into the cold. Our breath formed billowing, white clouds and our teeth chattered fiercely. But her sweet, young face remained just so and her pierc… Read More
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