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ReflectionsJuly 16, 2015July 16, 2015

A Parent’s Love (or rather, two parents’ love)

They say that the love a parent has for a child is unparalleled, one-of-a-kind, can’t understand it til you experience it first-hand kind of love. When I was a little girl, my mom and I would often have “I love you” wars, a battle of wills over who would stop saying “I love you” first.…

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Pregnancy is a trip. Do you ever get a jarring reminder of the path you didn’t choose? 👣 (Pt 5/5) I'm learning early on that it's true what is said about parenthood — which is that all decisions shift in consideration of the child 💞 (Pt 4/5) Meanwhile, life continued on as usual. The world doesn't stop just because your life is in pieces 🧩 (Pt 3/5) I spent the next ~8 weeks feverishly applying for jobs 👩‍💻 Countless hours spent pouring over cover letters, thinking through relevant experiences and the stories I could tell about them, connecting with people through my networks, and preparing assignments and presenting them to interview panels. And all the while, not even knowing what types of parental leave might be available to me should I get a job offer 🤱 (Pt 2/5) We had planned out all the details: we were hoping for an early September baby so we could theoretically go to Ecuador for both early summer vacation and the winter holidays. We knew my job offered 12 weeks fully paid parental leave. We knew Gonza staying at his job meant he’d be eligible for 12 weeks partially paid paternity leave through Washington state. It was all working out. We began to plan for a house; at the start of the year, we dove into the loan pre-approval process and were one week out from being ready to make an offer when everything screeched to a halt.

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