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Wonderful, Relaxing Holiday Weekend

July 4, 2011 By Erika Zane

4 Jul

Happy Fourth of July!

I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful extended weekend as much as I am. In addition to a holiday, this weekend was full of celebration with Hubby’s mom’s retirement and my mom’s birthday. We have spent most of this weekend socializing and decompressing, following a busy couple of weeks (Hubby just started a new job).

Saturday, while lounging by my parents’ pool, breastfeeding Little Man, I asked Hubby to take a picture of us. I recently decided I need a more up to date picture of him nursing because the only pictures I have are newborn ones and I never want to forget the pure joy I still feel every.single.time.

I love this country so much. We are a country of freedom where everyone is entitled to have their own opinion and to share that opinion freely and openly as long as it does not cause harm to anyone else.

Today, as I post this picture, I am thankful that I am free to share my opinions. I am thankful that, though many people do not share in my feelings on extended breastfeeding, I can post a modest breastfeeding picture on my blog and no one can force me to take it down. I am not imposing that belief on anyone else, but simply sharing a picture of an act I find beautiful and posting it for anyone else who feels the same way to view. It is not a statement against those who do not feel the same way; just an exercise in appreciation of the freedoms we have been granted by the USA.

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God bless America.

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  1. Michelle says

    July 4, 2011 at 4:51 pm

    Beautiful picture! Happy 4th!

    • Erika @NaMammaSte says

      July 6, 2011 at 1:43 pm

      Thank you! 🙂 I hope you had a great weekend!

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Hello and welcome.  It’s been a while.  For Lent this year I decided to fast from the thing that took too much of my attention from what is truly important: Social Media.  Though there are countless amazing benefits to Social Media, after about a month offline so far, there are seemingly just as many negatives.  I never realized how much of my brain had been hijacked by it.  I’ve had so many revelations about how much easier it is to move forward when I’m not constantly reminded of the past.  But I still want to record my family as they grow at this ridiculous speed and, I’m realizing, so many of our family’s memories are here.  Those along with so many of the struggles and stages we’ve worked through.  Maybe in the midst of COVID19 isolation and my kids around me so often, I’m brought back to a time when they were too young for school and with me so often.  Writing here during that time helped make up for the limited adult conversation in my days and the overwhelm provided by my… little treasures 😉 My husband, fur babies, three fiesty kids, and I hereby extend an invitation to visit this little sneak peak into our life. We’re super flawed and broken and there aren’t too many dull moments around here.  And I promise it’s not always as magical as some of my golden hour, sun-soaked images would suggest.  There’s usually too much coffee in my system and we welcome all the prayers.  Come on over if you want to process with me.

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