Faerl Torres
Faerl Marie Torres is an aspiring momma, living on the outskirts of Albuquerque in the East Mountains. Faerl writes fiction in novel form and writes about real life as a one-day-soon-mom, author, wife, and MFA student. Faerl, a native Southerner, loves food, clothes, sunshine, and orchids. She has been married to J for nearly 7 years and they have 1 dog, Marble (3.5 years old). Faerl writes about leaving her twenties behind, being an aspiring mom, and preparing for her thirties at leavingtwnetynine.wordpress.com
House Plants for High Altitude Homes
House plants can transform a space. Look at any home décor magazine, and you’re sure to see a few plants in each spread. I’ve...
Why I’m Tired of All the Wine Mom Memes
First of all, this is not a judgment. I’ve sat on the sofa, trying to take deep breaths to calm my frustrations, doing the...
Manage Your ME Time :: Because Busyness Never Really Ends
There’s always something to do.
It never really ends. Three weeks after my baby was born I went back to school to finish my final...
Great (Un)Expectations :: Unexpected Surprises
Baby T is here and she's a girl!!! Born on July 28th, just 15 days late . . . If you read my post about...
Smith’s Clicklist: 9 Months Pregnant & Needing ALL the Help
It's official, I'm overdue. Yesterday was supposed to be the end of my internment pregnancy, but alas, Baby T is apparently a little too...
New Mom: Expectations, Dreams, & Blind Optimism
It’s hard not to have a lot of preconceived ideas and expectations for being pregnant, delivering a baby, and raising said baby when you're...
Pregnant Women :: An Ode to Your 1st Mother’s Day
You are a mother. Maybe it is seen, maybe it is unseen—it doesn’t matter; it's felt by you.
Mother’s Day has passed on the calendar,...
Apple Cider Vinegar: The Pregnant Lady’s Sidekick
Pregnancy brings with it a myriad of joys and wonders. But there are also some less than pleasant side-effects to deal with. Apple Cider Vinegar...
Just Walk Away: Preventing Abuse and Shaken Baby Syndrome
The #1 trigger for Shaken Baby Syndrome is frustration with a baby’s crying.
There are more than 1,300 cases of Shaken Baby Syndrome each year...
Things to do in ABQ: Spring Events for Pregnant Ladies
Being second trimester pregnant in the spring is so lovely in Albuquerque. We have amazing weather days. And it feels so nice to be...
Baby Registry: Top Ten Things I’ll Need For My First Baby
I try to be as minimal as possible when it comes to "stuff." I’m not great at it, but living in a small home...
Placenta Ingestion: It’s less gross than it sounds!
I recently had an enlightening Q&A with Kim Racette of Angel Touch Doula. She answered some of my #AspiringMom questions about everything from tearing...
Turning Thirty: Confronting My Adult Self and Being True to Who I Am
In exactly one month (from the time of writing this) I will be thirty. I’m devoting this final month of my twenties to being...
Hashimoto’s: Diagnosis and Implications for Pregnancy
During my well-woman exam and IUD removal appointment my gynecologist felt a lump on my thyroid. One and a half months later I was sitting at the...
