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Rumbi Writes

Missives and Musings from the Middle of the Margins

Tag: family

Bigger than my body

They are so big. They forgive me all of it, cuddling up to me and squishing their little faces right up against mine.… Read More Bigger than my body

May 14, 2020 Rumbi Goredema GörgensLeave a comment

Myth Busting the Baby Dreaming

  Somewhere along the way, it dawned on me that there will be absolutely no zen-ning this out.  All of the wisdom, all of the stuff I’m reading, all the message boards I’m on, all the conversations with our doctors – I mean every thing – tells us to just relax.  Rome wasn’t built in… Read More Myth Busting the Baby Dreaming

May 22, 2014October 24, 2024 Rumbi Goredema GörgensLeave a comment

Pre-baby Body

 “A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love” Leonard Cohen   I’ve been trying to figure out when to write about this. After all the treatments and poking and prodding is done, and the losses have been endured, and we have what we want –… Read More Pre-baby Body

April 27, 2014October 24, 2024 Rumbi Goredema GörgensLeave a comment

The New Normal, or what a family looks like

  This is my ‘normal’ You get used to the staring. When my husband and I first started dating, the staring bothered me. Wherever we went, people would gape at us, openly unashamedly, wearing all of their (offensive) questions on their faces. At first, I would fly into impotent rages and rant on and on… Read More The New Normal, or what a family looks like

October 30, 2013October 24, 2024 Rumbi Goredema Görgens2 Comments

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