In The Middle | Madeleine Frost

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October 2023

We are home for each other
I’ve found in these past 8 years of marriage of living in apartments that the floor plan or decor doesn’t matter as much as what is happening inside…
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Madeleine Frost
Between these walls
A lot has changed here in the last two years; most of all, me.
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Strawberry pies & living at the speed of social media
If listening to someone talk about their relationship with social media sounds about as boring to you as listening to someone share their grocery list…
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Madeleine Frost
What do I want to remember about our family trip?
If you had told me in 2017 (the last time Matthias and I hiked the Lighthouse Trail) that we’d be coming back with 3 boys, 3 and under in 2023… I…
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Madeleine Frost

September 2023

the death of quiet is not a victimless tragedy
Somehow the permission and potential to always be productive took away my freedom to just be.
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Madeleine Frost
What broke you?
But something happened inside of me that day. I lost my sense of safety. It was like, for the first time, I realized the delicate balance of life. And…
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Madeleine Frost
I forget who I am & what I value
It seems so strange that such massive shifts happen in my body first, and then my world, and the way I see my world is all completely altered.
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Madeleine Frost
On regret
It’s like shame & regret took up a ton of space inside me-- I didn’t even realize-- and now that the real estate is open, compassion has had room to…
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Madeleine Frost
a glimmer in its own right
Writing makes me notice. And noticing is magic -- It’s not about words on paper. It’s about making sense of my life.
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Madeleine Frost
Uncertainty has emerged as my recurring theme
—a theme I've learned not to dread, but to embrace.
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Madeleine Frost
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