When I think back to the first few months after having Jojo, it's all a bit of a blur. I do feel very lucky that I didn't struggle with any serious postpartum depression or anxiety. Although I was definitely emotional and exhausted, I was mostly...
Before getting pregnant, I had never thought about what you'd pack to go to the hospital to have a baby. It's sort of a strange experience: you know you're going to be there for a minimum of two nights, but it's not like...it's going to be a...
When I found out I was pregnant and due in late May, I realized I had to make the most of winter travel--and I decided to take it as a reason to try and check "seeing the Northern Lights" off my travel bucket list. Luckily, my friend Megan was up for...
Although I don't plan on becoming a mommy blog, the reality is that spending ten months pregnant was certainly a big part of my life over the last year or so! I didn't particularly love or hate being pregnant: there were some times that it was more...
I wrote the following op-ed that was published in the Los Angeles Times and wanted to save and share it here as well. It's a thing that I think a lot about, both when I'm traveling and when I'm at home in San Diego, and still struggle with how to...
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Christine Amorose Merrill
C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.