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I’m not high capacity anymore.
This is all I have to give.
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Bria Hyink
Endless Summer
On the endless summer that is mothering toddlers.
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Bria Hyink
May 2023
This is the body.
This is the body that played hours of flashlight tag in our neighborhood after school, crawled through bushes that we called forts, and galloped like a…
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Bria Hyink
World Changer.
I always dreamed I would change the world.
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Bria Hyink
My boy.
You can find me praying over this kid: that the world won’t steal his sweetness that the love of his life is the Lord that he’ll always be quick to…
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Bria Hyink
I want freedom.
I’m doing my best to not soften her edges, to not tame the flyaways, to keep her from worrying about her presence in the world around her. I want her to…
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Bria Hyink
I want to jump in more puddles.
I want to jump in more puddles. I want to see the grey sky as an opportunity, and rush to put on rain boots to dance beneath it. I wish I could ignore…
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Bria Hyink
I want so much for you.
I want so much for you, little girl. I want a childhood filled with wonder, water ‘baboon’ fights, laughing fits, and Cocomelon dances with Dad. As you…
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Bria Hyink
I'm running on empty.
To be honest? I’m running on almost empty these days. My Apple Watch says I average 4.5 hours of sleep a night 💤 (which is actually pretty good when…
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Bria Hyink
Welcome to our circus.
I didn’t know how I would handle another baby. Our house feels like a circus most days and I’m somehow the ring master, lion tamer and the clown. 🤡…
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Bria Hyink
Baby Bath Affirmations
Every night during her bath, I make it a point to speak truth over this babe of mine. I tell her:
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Bria Hyink
I have regrets.
I’ve felt stuck lately, frustrated at my life and taking it out on my husband and daughter.
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Bria Hyink
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