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Mama Mandy

Deserted

Moved. New job (husband). Homeschool (Ian). Me. Mom. Doing everything and nothing. Making it up. Healing and crashing so hard. Lost. Open. Humble. It’s hot. It’s dry. It’s not as friendly as I thought it would be. And there’s incredible beauty and instant friends and night swimming. Ian and I took these photos. We take […]Read Post ›

Two VBACs in Twenty Four Hours

We were supposed to travel to Michigan for the holidays. Instead, we are moving to Palm Desert, so this Christmas will be surrounded with boxes and big feelings, and we will, hopefully, be moving into our first home on New Year’s Day, which also happens to be Ian’s fifth birthday. I hadn’t been feeling the […]Read Post ›

A Growing Family

My second time as their doula and pregnancy/birth photographer (here’s chapter one). I adore their free range spirit and organic love for each other.

These Are A Few Of His Favorite Things

Ian journals at school, and he’s been so into it, we decided to buy journals for home, too. Ian has one, I have one, daddy has one. The idea was to journal every day, and we’ve done it maybe four times. Still, we’re sitting down, not kicking a ball or throwing pillows. I’m in heaven. […]Read Post ›

Blueberry Cobbler (Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Refined Sugar Free-Vegan Option)

Just in time for summer. Can easily sub for another berry or a mixture of berries, or sliced peaches or other summer fruit. Berry Base 6 cups fresh blueberries (or any berry) 1 cup coconut sugar 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest (or other citrus zest) 3 tablespoons gluten free all-purpose flour (I used Bob’s Red […]Read Post ›

Tatum. A Community Birth Story In Pictures.

A doula as photographer. A promised midwife as doula. A promised midwife as new mother (for the fifth time). A mother midwife who guides us all. We were on a tropical island as mama made her own waves, listening to ocean sounds from an iphone with a ceiling fan as the breeze. The birth was […]Read Post ›

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