Blogger and learning enthusiast. Angi spends her days loving on her boys and husband and devouring information on random topics.

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    The birth of a mom

    “You put me out and wake me up when it’s all over” I confidently told anyone who would listen. Growing up, my mom had shared with me how happy she was to have had two C-sections. The first one released big bro and big sis into the world.  The second one? Oh, but if it wasn’t delightful me. These stories rang through my heart as I pictured myself becoming a mom. So I knew that the right decision was to do what my mom had done. And then I ran into my personal birth lobbyist, education fanatic and encourager extraordinaire: Cousin T. At the time, she had a tiny little…

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    The newbie, entertaining.

    Allow me to introduce you to myself: at 7 a tomboy, at 9 a daredevil, at 13 a nerd, at 17 a know-it-all, at 21 a dreamer, at 25 a mother and throughout that whole time an obsessive learner. I love to learn, explore and ask millions of questions. The truth is you would be endeared by all my questioning. No, really. I would be happy to listen to you talk about anything you are interested in. You tell me: soap carving, entomology, beetle fighting, noodling, tree shaping, or bottle digging. It’s all fascinating to me. It seems I have a serious case of the newbies or what Buddhists call…