Frankly, I'm really awful at blogging.
That's probably why I have a Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Tumblr (yes, I'm aware the last counts as blogging). Those are ways of expressing my ideas without having to commit to an audience - without feeling as though there is some necessity to write on a regular basis. It seems though I have much more to say than my 140 character alotment.
Where to begin is the most difficult portion.
Perhaps an introduction. I'm Ashely.
See, that sort of writing makes me feel inane.
I'm a happily married, queer mother of one. An activist, radical queer feminist, and birth worker. Meaning, I believe that all persons regardless of gender, sex, sociocultural statuses, appearance, race, religious identity should be treated differently from one another. I'm studying to be a midwife, although I bounce back and forth between nurse midwifery and professional midwifery (currently pursuing the latter route). I'm polyamorous, and yes, I realize that it's not for everyone. Although, I'm not currently dating anyone other than my primary - even though I have offers.
I'm about to take on running, in hopes of becoming healthy. I currently weigh 195 but started at 250+, my heaviest weight to date. I've gone from eating fast food 4 - 6 days of the week, to cooking (almost exclusively) at home. I have a severe caffeine dependency, although I'm working on that too.
This space is about taking on motherhood, and expecting the unexpected. If you had asked me six years ago, if I would be one of those homebirthing, cloth diapering, breastfeeding, non-vaccinating, (list going on and on here) mothers - I probably would have laughed at you, and then went to get high. I'm a much different person than I was in high school. I'm hoping you'll learn that.
I'm likely going to vent, present research articles, and share recipes.
I hope you'll stick this out with me, as I commit to something greater than 140 characters.
Lets begin with brevity.
