Blog assignment # 6

Narrative.ly/twins/confessions-of-an-unhappy-young- mom.com


                                        Confessions of an unhappy young man

"Then I had the twins.And my life fell apart"

This profile was about a woman name Meredith Bland who is a mother of twins. Her life is really stressful right now. She is going through post partum depression. It's hard for her to balance her life with the twins strange sleeping and eating habits. She feels alone because her husband went back to work two weeks after the kids were born. So she is a little sensitive and overwhelmed dealing with everything by herself. Something I found interesting is the fact that she talked about how much of  a struggle it was to even get pregnant and carry the baby full term, but when she had twins she became depressed. I would assume after all the miscarriges and all the money she invested in "IVF" she would be beyond excited that she got not one blessing but two. I think the journalist chose to write about this piece to show real life situations that can easily happen with any female after having a child. She gave us insight on how stressful it was but to show us in the end how she was able to overcome it and find happiness in having twins.

"Twins ? That must be so much fun," she chirps.
"I want to beat her to death with the twins Sophie the Giraffe teethers."

This quote gave us a real life feeling of what she was going through when she would take the twins out and people would stare and smile and compliment them. In her mind at that time it was annoying. All she could think about was how difficult it is taking care of them at the same time. The fact that they gave a hard time to eat when she would try to breastfeed them and how they sleep little and wake up with the slightest noise.

I really enjoyed reading this profile. It was written in a way that she helped you visualize exactly what she was going through. The story seemed relatable even if you may not have gone through this exact situation. It is similar and comparable to other situations. For example, if you really wanted something but when you got it you almost felt like you regret getting it but then you decide to see the good with it and make the best out of it. This profile was written so clearly and creatively.