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The Weight of August
August just hits differently when you're a mother.
Jul 31
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
The Values Gap
The distance between what you believe and how you're living might not be a crisis but it is an accumulation.
Jul 25
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
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The Version of You That Goes Back
You hold it together through the daycare handoff... and then you break apart.
Jul 17
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
Parenting Burnout Is Real. And It's Different From Work Burnout.
It never fucking stops.
Jul 10
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
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That moment you realize the logistics were the easy part.
An essay about returning to work after parental leave — and what you find there.
Jul 3
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
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June 2026
I didn't finish my to-do list. Instead, self-resourced. Here's what happened.
The to-do list is never done. That doesn't mean you did nothing.
Jun 12
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
Why this is called a journal
Not a blog. Not a newsletter. A place to exhale.
Jun 5
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
May 2026
Motherhood is nails on my nervous system's chalkboard
Nobody told me my nervous system would be a tuning fork for everyone else's need.
May 29
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
I'm in the thick of it. See you next week.
Posting to tell you I'm not posting cuz parenting life.
May 22
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
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Parenting burnout. It's like writer's block but for life.
On being frozen, dropping plates, and doing whatever the F fills your cup.
May 15
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
What It Means When You Finally Stop
Part three of a series on what it actually felt like to go back to work after becoming a mother
May 7
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
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April 2026
The Broken Mirror
Part two of a series on what it actually felt like to go back to work after becoming a mother
Apr 30
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Coral Edwards (she/her)
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