Devon Ledbetter is a writer and editor based in Florida. She holds a BA in English from Florida State University. She currently formerly worked as a Digital Editor with Love What Matters and has previously had works published with College Magazine and Her Campus. Her favorite pastimes include beach trips, baking, and concerts. You can learn more about Devon through her portfolio https://dnl16b.wixsite.com/ledbetter-portfolio
“Alcohol was a coping skill, a mood enhancer, a party buffer. It was present at every family get together I’ve been a part of. It was normal to BYOB to first holy communion lunches, summertime fires, and every Sunday after 8:30 a.m. mass. We were a drinking family and always have been.”
“If you, like me, are inclusively feeding your baby (meaning you are doing breast milk and formula), the formula shortage news may be making you wonder how you can bump your supply up so you need less formula.”
“They say you will know when you’re done, and from the bottom of my heart I know I am.”
“It’s okay to admit this load you are carrying is too heavy at times, and it’s okay to be tired of it all.”
“I know this is not the parenting journey you had imagined when you chose to start a family, but it is the one you were born to do.”
“A bad day doesn’t make you a bad mom.”
“Our children need us to come together—their lives literally depend on it.”
“In this house, love is shown in many ways, but golly I’m grateful that most of those ways are big, loud, and obvious.”
“I kiss my own two precious children goodbye and picture the impossible choice of saving their mother or saving someone else’s precious child.”
“In one month, I can’t tell you how much I spent on nursing bras, pumping bras, bra pads, lactation powder, creams, cooling/soothing pads, and pump accessories parts.”
