Belly To Butterfly

Guest writer! Yay!

I happen to think this particular person rocks the casbah. She’s incredibly funny (as you’ll find out), smart and artistic. She’s also my sister, which makes me biased. But still. She rocks.

She became a mom on July 18, 2009, and I think her perspective on motherhood as a first-timer slogging through the trenches will be a wonderful addition to pretty*swell.

Her contributions will be labeled “Belly to Butterfly.” She created this title, she said, to represent the change and growth (and possibilities) in life after having a baby.

Without further ado, meet the brains (and beauty) behind “Belly to Butterfly.”

Up, up and away!

My name is Laura, and I’m a new mom. That’s about as much “about me” as I can manage these days.

Okay, I can do a little better.

I’m:

1. A Gemini.
2. An introvert.
3. A creative dabbler (including as some time or another: sewing, pottery, sculpting, sticker art, three songs on the guitar, piano, film-making, knitting, painting (both of walls and canvas), resurrecting embarrassing photos of family and friends to use for their birthday cards, stage managing, cooking/baking, writing, dance (tap, jazz and ballet) and collecting glass bottles).
4. Into movies … although after two years of attempting to get “into the business” in L.A. realized that I’d rather be a part of the local film movement and more meaningful projects.
5. A sister, daughter, wife, mother, granddaughter, aunt, cousin, niece, friend and current benefactor of the unemployment system.

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{Contact Laura: chockfullof at gmail dot com}