Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

Bumpdate — June 25

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I’m back.  I’m no longer pregnant, I’m getting sleep, and my brain seems to be getting back to normal.

Kyra Simone was born via c-section on April 8 at 12:17 in the afternoon, after giving us all a good scare.  Then she gave us a good scare after she was born, requiring a little time in the NICU.

She’s healthy as a horse now. Sleeping. Eating. Charming the socks off of me for 11 weeks and 1 day now.

The boys are almost four and are quite awesome, with a few stretches of insane howler monkey tying it all together.  They are praised often for their manners, demeanor, and intelligence. I am proud of them and their growth.

I completed a musical. Waiting to hear if it will go up. It’s out of my hands now. I am proud…and tired.

And I feel balanced and am again able to look forward and wonder. I need to wonder here.