Chaunie Brusie

Mom | Writer | Nurse

young moms

This is 22

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So yesterday I posted about Taylor Swift’s song “22,” in which she portrays the careless, fun, and free life of the average 22-year-old. Yeah, right. Although, after watching the video, I do have to hand it to her, the whole “it’s miserable and magical” is pretty accurate of motherhood, isn’t it? Hmmm…And she does mention not…

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Pregnant and Alone…In Germany

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Today’s guest post comes to us from a mom who discovered that she was pregnant while visiting and working in Germany. I’ve been following Kayla’s blog, Kayla Expects Chaos, since she announced her pregnancy and I have loved watching her journey from   pregnant and alone in a different country to a proud, young mom….

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Young Moms: We’re Not Better or Worse, We’re Just Moms

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On my Supporting Young Mothers post that ran on BlogHer the other day, a comment (ok, it was the only comment) really struck me. “I think a lot of the ‘shame’ a young mother feels isn’t necessarily something others are giving off; a lot of it is internal.  I think an eyeroll in your direction,…

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Supporting Young Mothers

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I’ve spent the last week working on a speech that I am giving on Tuesday night. Unfortunately, for me, I somehow deleted my folder that had everyspeechI’veevergiven in it, so I had to rewrite an entire speech from scratch. And then on top of it, my kids have been mysteriously ill, so that was super…

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Weddings Are Hard

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This past weekend, we celebrated a marriage-Ben’s brother married his beautiful bride, Lauren, in their small-town hometown.  Ada made her big debut as flower girl, so naturally the day was more important for me then it was for Lauren. Unfortunately and unlike Lauren, Ada burst into tears at the end of the aisle and refused…

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