The days are long, the years are shortThat’s what they say, at leastBut I can already feel time flying Just minutes ago, it seemsYour tiny body fit into the crook of my armAnd now already, I need two arms to hold youHow quickly you have grown In just days, it seemsI’ve watched your eyes open […]
Author: evanpetschke
8/12
She woke up with a start. No alarm? No baby crying? Waking up out of her own free will? What a strange concept these days. She checked the baby monitor and sure enough, that sweet baby boy was sound asleep. She shifted onto her back and felt her four year old corgi, Fiona, pressed up […]
7/12
Strength in Weakness // We are never whole until we have been broken.Never complete until we have been torn apart. In our failures,our deepest struggles,is where we find our truest selves. Yet we continue to allow the possibility of failureto prevent us from taking risks. We remain complacent,only pursuing what is safe,foregoing our greatest potentialbecause […]
6/12
With a heavy heart // She looked at the worldin all its trouble,in all its beauty. Weighed down by the fracturesof a societytoo broken, it seemed,to heal. How far will we go?she asked,to ignore the criesof those suffering. The hands of powerso far removedfrom the most marginalizedamong us. Too engrossed in ourselvesto feel the painof […]
5/12
Tiny eyesopen wide,bright with wonder,soak it all in. Everything is new,exciting,safe. Eager to see,observe,curious from the start,always learning and seekingmore. Wandering eyes,turn to mine,and with a smile,you are home.
4/12
On motherhood // Oh, how wildly unprepared I was for you. I dreamt of this my whole life, but it has still taken me by storm. The intense love mixed with anxiety and fear. The sheer joy combined with pure exhaustion and sadness. The most confusing combination of high highs and low lows. When you […]
3/12
This one took a few days for me to get back to. Turns out when your husband goes away on a work trip and you are home alone with the baby for the first time for two days, things get away from you quite easily. I want to write about time, and my efforts to […]
2/12
I’ve decided to challenge myself to post 12 times during the month of December. We are already halfway through the month, but what better way to close out the year than with a little writing challenge to keep me motivated? I’ll count yesterday’s post as the first day, so we are already on day 2! […]
And just like that
And just like that, four years have gone by. Four years since my last post. That feels like a lifetime, right? It does to me, at least. To say a lot has happened in those four years is the understatement of the century. To sum it up in the form of the most notable events, […]
2019 Year in Review: Books
One of my goals in 2019 was to read two books a month. After challenging myself in 2018 to read one book a month, and then far surpassing that goal, I decided to double it for 2019. I’m proud to say I successfully read 25 books last year. But I am more proud to share […]
Evan Petschke 