Are you someone who really doesn’t want to talk to anyone until you’ve had your morning cup of coffee and some quiet time? I suspect I’m not the only one. My name is Greta, a mama of three small yet loud blonde kiddos, and wife to a self-professed “nerdy finance guy.” We are currently expats in the Netherlands and learning + living the Dutchie life. I am a highly-sensitive introvert who loves writing about those topics, and motherhood, womanhood, childhood – so you’ll read about all the ‘hoods here. Also, I’m a Bachelor fanatic who likes to drink wine and eat chips + guac.
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Recent posts…
Into the Darkness and Back Again : Depression During Lockdown
Last Friday I spent the day numb. Staring at my screen, getting nothing actually done except trying to process my feelings through pounding the keys on my Mac. From the outside I probably just looked like a writer, really into whatever she was writing. Inside, I was in turmoil. After skimming the headlines on my…
introvert musings
I am a classic introvert. Always have been. Nothing ambiguous here. My mother says when I was two-years-old she used to come and try to get me after my naps. I would be awake in my crib, talking/playing contentedly. Upon seeing her enter the room I would flail and yelp, “No!” and Mom, hands up…
unfinished stories
The other day my six-year-old daughter, with a sympathetic expression, put her arm around me and said, “It must be hard to be a mother. You don’t get to do the all things you want to do.” My heart lurched. Clearly, in this time of craziness and overwhelm, when I haven’t been at my best,…
coffee, then words 