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Nov 17, 2021Liked by Edith Zimmerman

This is one of the best and most accurate things I’ve ever read about what it feels like to have a brand-new baby. And Edith I gasped at your mom referencing Little Fur Family, one of my son’s favorite books. “Bless you, my child” 😭 I’m so glad you’re doing well and letting all these feelings come. The fear being the flip side of the love is SO RIGHT. I felt that way too. It gets so much easier in that department. The love gets better and better and the fear gets a lot easier, or goes away, or you grow to be able to handle those feelings without walking around being so scared. Thank you so much for sharing all this. ❤️❤️❤️

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Rebecca, thank you! I love this. And I love that you know about the Little Fur Family ❤️❤️❤️

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Nov 17, 2021Liked by Edith Zimmerman

This is so beautiful on so many levels, Edith. (Totally crying!)

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Thank you, Lindsay!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Welcome to Planet Earth, Georgia!!!!

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And p.s. your mom, Edith, just wrote one of the greatest newsletters of all time!

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E. Jean! Thank you ❤️

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So beautiful. Thank you, Edith. ❤️

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Thank you, Sara!! ❤️

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I felt basically every human emotion reading this, Edith -- it's just lovely and beautiful ❤️ All the things.

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How about... RAGE??? lol (but I guess you never know!) Thank you, Terrell!!

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Nov 17, 2021Liked by Edith Zimmerman

Sending you alllllll the love! The newborn period is the most intense thing I've experienced. You're doing great! The drawings of your daughter are...wow. I'm so happy for you.

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Thank you, Sara! This was so nice. :)

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Wonderful. Thanks for this look into your life and heart. ❤️

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Thank you, Piemouth!

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Lovely- congratulations!

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Thank you, Corey!!

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Fabulous. Thanks for allowing us to accompany you.

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Thank you, Tony!

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Nov 17, 2021Liked by Edith Zimmerman

This is so beautiful, I am at a loss for words

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Thank you, Chris! ❤️

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this is beautiful. Congratulations!

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Thank you, elisabeth!!

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Nov 17, 2021Liked by Edith Zimmerman

Oh Edith ... This story, this baby, might be the most beautiful thing you've ever made. Your lens on what happened so perfectly captures what I think is the experience of many parents ... deep existential awe wrapped in banal quotidian routine. Love the baby bat/monkey and love that you drew what we used to call "the one-armed burrito,' when they get one arm free from the swaddle LOL

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I shall be using this one-armed burrito descriptor!! Perfect. Also, thank you, jenny!! ❤️❤️

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Nov 17, 2021Liked by Edith Zimmerman

This is so lovely

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Thank you, Everett!! ❤️❤️❤️

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So much love to you all! And to baby bat baby monkey <33

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Thank you, AJP!! Bat baby and I send ❤️❤️❤️

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Yay yay yay!! Also did you know bat babies babble like human babies? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/baby-bats-babblejust-human-infants-180978513/

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omg I did NOT know that 😭😭😭😭😭😭

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So good right?!

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I gotta get some bats

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Nov 17, 2021Liked by Edith Zimmerman

❤️❤️❤️

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🤗🤗🤗

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Mar 15, 2022Liked by Edith Zimmerman

I had a baby in November 2021 also named Georgia! This all felt very familiar and was conveyed so beautifully :)

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Thank you, Sam! Fall 2021 Georgias unite!!

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