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Hi, I'm Sheri Yutzy. I love forests under the night sky, trying new foods, and drinking Irish tea.
I'm married to a musician who looks good in black, mama to two toddlers who love to eat, and happy resident of a Cape Cod cottage in Ohio.
I write YA fantasy and am acquisitions editor at sparkflashfiction.com.
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I’m so glad reading a book is an achievement.📚
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Achieving things makes me happy and fulfilled, and long holidays with family would make me restless if it weren’t for books to read.📚
I like having a TBR stack because then I get the joy of finishing books on it.😁📚
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Does reading feel like an achievement to you?📚
What do you do while hanging out with family?
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#slowliving #readingisalifestyle #amreadingyafantasy #splintersofscarlet #emilybainmurphy #amreadingbooks

Happy Thanksgiving! Between babies and new friends

Happy Thanksgiving!
Between babies and new friends, the Byler Thanksgiving grows every year.😍 I love it so much.
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#slowliving #hospitality

You don’t have to love the baby stage. This is m

You don’t have to love the baby stage.
This is my four year old changing my baby’s diaper. She asked if she could a few weeks ago and I said go ahead and she did it perfectly with no instructions. I cried.😭♥️
Adding a third baby to our family has certainly stretched me. I’ve spent far too much of his seven months out of the womb trying to “enjoy” it. Trying to “enjoy this stage, because it goes so fast.”
If you’re a mom (or anyone?) who has been given that advice and didn’t find it helpful (not that it wasn’t given with best intentions!), listen up. I’ve had an epiphany. 😅
Yesterday as I pondered once again whether I’m truly living these moments, a realization came to me.
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I don’t have to enjoy the baby stage to do it well.
I don’t have to enjoy the baby stage for it to be valuable.
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I love experiences, I love meeting them head on with the best attitude. But despite how adorable my baby is (other people have said this, not just me😂) and cuddly, and blue eyed, I really don’t want him to stay in this stage for longer than necessary. I’m thrilled with every milestone. No part of me wants to go back to him not sitting up. I have exhilarating memories of his birth, sweet memories of his newborn days, but zero desire to live them again.
That’s the truth—there, I said it.😏
Does that mean I’m a bad mother? Of course not. Does that mean the bonding I’m building with him every day is worthless? Of course not!
Maybe for you it’s the three year old stage you sort of dislike/hate. Or ten years old, or eighteen. Whatever it is, I hope you can remember that it’s okay not to enjoy it. It’s okay to live in the moment, work to fully experience, and do the best you can, and your best will be enough because you are that child’s mom right now.
Your presence in their life is priceless, even if you don’t feel like you’re living the dream every day.
For those of you who have a mom unburdening herself to you about how hard her current stage is, try telling her this instead of “just enjoy it.”
Tell her she’s valuable. Tell her she’s doing well. Tell her it’s okay not to like it.

#intentionalmotherhood #slowliving #thebabystage #motherhoodcommunity #slowmotherhood #sheriyutzy

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