“Be my Princess.”

“The only way to get better at something is by consistently doing that thing.”

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~ Alyssa ~

I stood in front of the full-length bathroom mirror for far longer than usual this time as I stared at my well-rounded baby bump. It’s so hard to believe that I have been on this pregnancy journey for six months already. And in eight to ten weeks’ time, I’d be cradling my twins in my arms.

Part of the reason I hadn’t engaged myself in a relationship in my teens was the fear of getting pregnant and having to go through the nine months of pregnancy alone and also navigating single momhood. But it turns out I didn’t totally escape that as I slowly navigated what I once dreaded.

So far… I have trained my social media algorithm to only show me content from thriving artists and single moms rather than pregnant moms with the most amazing and doting husbands.

I once thought I could handle watching content like that. But soon I found out how dejected and lost they always made me feel.

Though the en