2018, the year of strength and courage.
Author: Maria Bryan
Party of three
I sat on the stoop of my Brooklyn apartment, 40 weeks pregnant, catching my breath from a five block walk. And my mom said to me, “Your life is never going to be the same again.”
My number 1 pregnancy tip
There are a whole lot of advice and products out there to help women survive handle pregnancy. With good reason! Pregnancy can be real tough. So let me just cut to the chase and give you my number one pregnancy tip. Marry my husband.
What I Know About Slow Seasons
As busy as grad school was, the year that followed was, shall we say, very slow. I graduated the last week of June, 2016, was married the first week of July, 2016, but then my hectic life came to a screeching halt. The plan was to have a new job by the end of the summer, and…
The thing about 2017
2017, you wretched and beautiful year. Goodbye. Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
On getting married
Planning a wedding and getting married is so special, fun, and stressful. For my newly engaged lovies, enjoy every minute! Here are some of the best tips I got along the way, with a few of my own. This is what I know about getting married.
How I cope with anxiety
Every good thing in my life has been the tailpiece of panic and anxiety. I tried to write about my life-long journey with anxiety, but it was too hard. Every time I thought I had pinpointed my first trigger, my first panic, I could trace it back earlier. I will share ways I have learned to cope with anxiety over the years. And so here we go.
The year of pie
I promised myself, when I was free from wedding excel sheets and grueling study sessions and all day Saturday classes, I would take on baking 52 pies.
What I Know About Returning Home from the Peace Corps
Alternate title: What I know about reverse culture shock. It’s a thing. Serving in the Peace Corps turned out to be two of the most fun and meaningful years of my life. Those few years after returning home from the Peace Corps were not. I spent the first years post-college as a Ghanaian in a rural…
What I Know About Serving in the Peace Corps
When I was in college, a friend told me that she was planning on serving in the Peace Corps after graduation. A pang of fear hit my spine at the thought of her being so far from home, for so, so long. By herself. In a remote village. Possibly without electricity, running water, and cheeseburgers….