by Hannah Jessen Conway | Jul 1, 2022 | mama-ing
You’re allowed to change. As I sat on the beach this week with my son, the same beach I grew up on, it hit me how much I’ve changed over the years. And yet, I’m still so resistant to change. Namely, changes I see in myself. Whether it’s my priorities, my goals,...
by Hannah Jessen Conway | Jun 6, 2022 | mama-ing
My son hates tummy time. And even though we only make him do it for ten minutes a day, he pretty much screams the whole time. While it kills me to hear him cry, I know how critical tummy time is for his development and for strengthening his little muscles. I know it...
by Hannah Jessen Conway | May 26, 2022 | justice & culture, mama-ing
Yesterday morning, I sat in the rocking chair in my six-week-old Jessen’s room and watched him sleep. School shootings have always wrecked me. But now they do on a different level. I found myself thinking about his first day of kindergarten. How it’s supposed to be...
by Hannah Jessen Conway | May 2, 2022 | mama-ing, mental health
We’re two weeks in to being parents and the worries haven’t stopped. I knew deep down they wouldn’t – that they would just “transfer.” During pregnancy, I was scared of losing the baby. As we got closer to our due date, I was scared of something happening during...
