Kelsey Petersen
Had ourselves a merry little Christmas
I am a little Christmas-obsessed. I mean, I am my mother’s daughter and she has been dubbed The Queen of Christmas...so I’m not bragging...
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Kelsey Petersen
Apr 29, 20205 min read
Lessons learned in the dark
Last night, two things of seemingly little consequence occurred. 1.) My new 800 thread count king-sized sheets finally arrived, and 2.)...
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Kelsey Petersen
Sep 2, 20194 min read
Apples and Oranges
One day, long before we were parents, I made Michael lasagna. I know it’s kind of difficult to mess up mozzarella-y, beefy, noodle-y...
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Kelsey Petersen
Apr 6, 20195 min read
See Mom Try: Whole30 Edition
Michael is kind of this super-handsome annoyingly-fit sort of guy. Like, he can just decide to go run a half-marathon without training...
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Kelsey Petersen
Dec 11, 20186 min read
A Christmas Story
After a couple of weeks of playing pass the sickness, everyone in my family is finally on the up and up. When I realized that it is...
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Kelsey Petersen
Nov 11, 20183 min read
Slowing Down
Today while I was cooking dinner, you scooted a chair up next to me and climbed up. You told me, “I wanna help you, Mommy.” I was...
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Kelsey Petersen
Oct 4, 20183 min read
Today was hard, but it was special
There is just something lonely about a Monday morning. It started off early, as most days do, and I felt the weight of the week in front...
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Kelsey Petersen
Aug 23, 20183 min read
You Are Someone's Everything
In middle-school, it was a look. I wasn't unpopular and I wasn't bullied. But man--- grades six through eight are not for the faint of...
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Kelsey Petersen
Jul 13, 20183 min read
It's all Poop
I squinted the sweat out of my eyes to look at the stop watch counting down on my phone’s screen. Ten more seconds in plank position....
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Kelsey Petersen
Apr 13, 20188 min read
A BREASTFEEDING STORY
Near the end of my pregnancy with Ellie, I went to a free one-night class about breastfeeding. I left this class feeling completely...
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Kelsey Petersen
Feb 24, 201812 min read
SCARLETT MICHELLE: A BIRTH STORY
The day after Ellie’s first birthday party, a Sunday, I was standing in the bathroom at my in-law’s house when I got my positive...
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Kelsey Petersen
Jan 19, 20183 min read
TO MY FIRSTBORN DAUGHTER
A while back, your dad collapsed on the bed next to me as I was completing my nightly ritual of shoving pillows between my ankles and...
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Kelsey Petersen
Dec 12, 20174 min read
I FORGOT ABOUT THE BUGS
Now that I’m in Texas, the land that I fantasized about during many long, Idahoy, winters, I realized something about myself—I only...
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Kelsey Petersen
Aug 29, 20175 min read
PUT ON YOUR BIG GIRL PANTIES AND MOTHER THAT CHILD!
This baby of mine. She’s obviously utter perfection. Check out those baby blues, that perfect face, the too-big bow on top of her...
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Kelsey Petersen
Aug 18, 20173 min read
MOVING COSTS A MILLION DOLLARS
So, I’ve kind of grown accustomed to being a college student’s wife. There are some serious perks, man. For starters, you get to be super...
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Kelsey Petersen
Jun 7, 20172 min read
A LETTER TO MY GIRL
Dear Elise, Now that you’re one, you toddle around on chubby legs that you clumsily lift high into the air with each step, as if you’re...
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Kelsey Petersen
Apr 4, 20174 min read
MY FRIEND, MICHELLE
The second time I met Michelle, I was wearing zebra pajama pants and crying. She lived in the apartment next to mine, and she had already...
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Kelsey Petersen
Apr 1, 20173 min read
A LETTER TO MY SUPER SMALL COLLEGE TOWN
Hey, Rexburg, When I first met you back in the fall of 07′, I was a naive, almost 19-year-old college freshmen grounded in my Texas...
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Kelsey Petersen
Jan 1, 20173 min read
TAKING FLIGHT
Today, we were those people. The ones taking up way too much space in the very back left row of the 737 with our half-zipped carry-on...
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Kelsey Petersen
Dec 16, 20163 min read
LIFE IS SNOW GOOD
I sit here typing while my husband and baby nap, watching the snow just come on down like it’s been doing all day. I haven’t seen it...
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