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Always sisters, forever friends ✨ There is nothi

Always sisters, forever friends ✨ There is nothing in this world like the sister bond, @ginaloverro @marisa.fit.ny I am so lucky I get to do life with you 💖💖💖#sisterstartaglia

My baby sister got married this past weekend and i

My baby sister got married this past weekend and it was a DREAM 😭😍 we are all slowly decompressing from the high! Swipe for some special moments from the most perfect day, I’ll be posting more soon! Love you both so much @gina.tartaglia and @jesseloverro, honored to be a part of your day AND to be forever anniversary buddies 🥰 last pic 09.05.15 vs 09.05.21 💖🥂

Dahlia season has begun 💐

Dahlia season has begun 💐

My heart 😔💔 we are numb and lost. Our Doobie

My heart 😔💔 we are numb and lost. Our Doobie has passed away unexpectedly. The house is so quiet. I keep thinking I hear you and I look for you everywhere. My heart knows you’re gone but my mind is stunned. This is so incredibly hard. What I wouldn’t give to rustle your head and floppy ears, to watch you running freely through the yard, to hear your thundering bark and the patter of your footsteps or even your annoying whimpering for table food just one more time 🥺 This grief feels like homesickness, you were our home, Doobie. And as crazy as you drove us you were still the best damn dog for our family. There is a gaping hole in our hearts. We love you so much Doob, rest easy sweet boy ❤️

The best and hardest journey. I’ve been breastfe

The best and hardest journey. I’ve been breastfeeding for the last 3.5 years and I love it.

I am grateful for it.

I feel empowered by it.

I am stronger because of it.

I do it for me as much as I do it for my babies and I think that’s an important point to remember.

Me. My mental health.

Listening to my babies and also listening to my heart, my mind and my body.

Having a support system to see me through.

The choice/desire/ability to breastfeed is not black and white (not unlike many things in motherhood), it is not one size fits all. It is extremely nuanced and circumstantial, so many factors in play. We have no idea what someone else is truly going through.

Yet people will always have an opinion. Luckily that’s all it is, their opinion. And it has more to do with them than it does with you. People’s criticism usually stems from their own insecurities and childhood wounds.

ALL of our stories are so vastly and beautifully unique. Only YOU know what’s best for your family. It’s ok and it’s BEAUTIFUL that our families function differently and uniquely.

To close out #worldbreastfeedingweek I wanted to share that reminder bc this week is about support and moms need more of it.

I share this confidently because I know I am doing my best for me and for my family. And I know I would not be here without my support system (supportive family, non-judgmental friends and pediatrician, postpartum doula, maternal mental health-specialized therapist, in-home IBCLC consultations in the beginning). I realize this is a privilege but I wish this kind of support was the standard for all mothers.

I plan to share more of my story in an upcoming post, hope you stick around. I see you mama and I’m cheering you on 💗

A few days late but happy August ☀️ We’ve be

35✨ thank you for the birthday wishes IG fam!! S

35✨ thank you for the birthday wishes IG fam!! Shared this in stories and it’s having a big response so I wanted to give it a permanent spot on my feed ——

I had a great birthday weekend by all standards — beach day, quality time with family and friends, good food, good drinks and sunshine. But I did definitely feel off in the days leading up to it. Didn’t know why’s first, I was more irritable than normal, more griefy and just sad/indifferent.

I realized that exactly two years ago my birthday was the day I found out I was pregnant with Liam.

It.still.stings.

Even if this day wasn’t so closely related to my son I think it would still be a hard day. Holidays and special occasions are really hard after you lose someone you love.

But I thought (naively) that it wouldn’t affect me this year. I’m happy, I’ve worked hard on myself, I’m in a good place mentally, I was expecting to be excited about my birthday again.

But my grief is always teaching me something, Liam is always teaching me something. The body for sure remembers even when the mind starts to let go.

So here is my reminder…

It’s ok to be happy in your current life AND it’s ok to miss and love and honor and remember your passed loved ones. You can be happy and you can be grieving. Simultaneously.

There’s no timeline for grief. There’s no time when you should stop talking about them, don’t let society tell you it’s too much. It’s not too much. It’s human, it’s love ❤️

📷: @jessicamicciophoto

Griefy day. Thankful for the garden 🌿 Words th

Griefy day. Thankful for the garden 🌿

Words that resonated with me today ——

“There is pain in this world that you can’t be cheered out of. You don’t need solutions. You don’t need to move on from your grief. You need someone to see your grief, to acknowledge it. You need someone to hold your hands while you stand there in blinking horror… Some things cannot be fixed, they can only be carried.”

From It’s Ok That You’re Not Ok by Megan Devine @refugeingrief

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Lake George 2021 photo dump ✨

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Always sisters, forever friends ✨ There is nothi

Always sisters, forever friends ✨ There is nothing in this world like the sister bond, @ginaloverro @marisa.fit.ny I am so lucky I get to do life with you 💖💖💖#sisterstartaglia

My baby sister got married this past weekend and i

My baby sister got married this past weekend and it was a DREAM 😭😍 we are all slowly decompressing from the high! Swipe for some special moments from the most perfect day, I’ll be posting more soon! Love you both so much @gina.tartaglia and @jesseloverro, honored to be a part of your day AND to be forever anniversary buddies 🥰 last pic 09.05.15 vs 09.05.21 💖🥂

Dahlia season has begun 💐

Dahlia season has begun 💐

My heart 😔💔 we are numb and lost. Our Doobie

My heart 😔💔 we are numb and lost. Our Doobie has passed away unexpectedly. The house is so quiet. I keep thinking I hear you and I look for you everywhere. My heart knows you’re gone but my mind is stunned. This is so incredibly hard. What I wouldn’t give to rustle your head and floppy ears, to watch you running freely through the yard, to hear your thundering bark and the patter of your footsteps or even your annoying whimpering for table food just one more time 🥺 This grief feels like homesickness, you were our home, Doobie. And as crazy as you drove us you were still the best damn dog for our family. There is a gaping hole in our hearts. We love you so much Doob, rest easy sweet boy ❤️

The best and hardest journey. I’ve been breastfe

The best and hardest journey. I’ve been breastfeeding for the last 3.5 years and I love it.

I am grateful for it.

I feel empowered by it.

I am stronger because of it.

I do it for me as much as I do it for my babies and I think that’s an important point to remember.

Me. My mental health.

Listening to my babies and also listening to my heart, my mind and my body.

Having a support system to see me through.

The choice/desire/ability to breastfeed is not black and white (not unlike many things in motherhood), it is not one size fits all. It is extremely nuanced and circumstantial, so many factors in play. We have no idea what someone else is truly going through.

Yet people will always have an opinion. Luckily that’s all it is, their opinion. And it has more to do with them than it does with you. People’s criticism usually stems from their own insecurities and childhood wounds.

ALL of our stories are so vastly and beautifully unique. Only YOU know what’s best for your family. It’s ok and it’s BEAUTIFUL that our families function differently and uniquely.

To close out #worldbreastfeedingweek I wanted to share that reminder bc this week is about support and moms need more of it.

I share this confidently because I know I am doing my best for me and for my family. And I know I would not be here without my support system (supportive family, non-judgmental friends and pediatrician, postpartum doula, maternal mental health-specialized therapist, in-home IBCLC consultations in the beginning). I realize this is a privilege but I wish this kind of support was the standard for all mothers.

I plan to share more of my story in an upcoming post, hope you stick around. I see you mama and I’m cheering you on 💗

A few days late but happy August ☀️ We’ve be

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