Author Archives: CorinnaSchulenburg

(Why am I naming days?) 8/18/14, Day, 13,985 (Mercena Day 4): Mercena, Day Four; or, The Production Meeting How will two theatre-producing new parents balance a new baby with the crazy imbalanced life of a theatre maker? We got a small taste of what it will be like yesterday, when a four-day old Mercena WestContinue reading “Mercena Day Four; or, The Production Meeting”

(Why am I naming days?) 8/17/14, Day, 13,984 (Mercena Day 3): Mercena West, Day Three; or, Abundance This day is so named for the deep feelings of abundance and gratitude heaped upon my heart on Merecena’s third day of life. The long night two into day three had me exhausted and doubting my endurance forContinue reading “Mercena Day Three; or, Abundance”

(Why am I naming days?) 8/16/14, Day, 13,983 (Mercena Day 2): Mercena West, Day Two; or, The Waterfall of Meconium If you have not brought an infant into the world recently, you might be forgiven for thinking the alternate title of this day, “The Waterfall of Meconium,” was the charming story of a magical waterfallContinue reading “Mercena West, Day Two; or, The Waterfall of Meconium”

At 5:49am on August 15th at our Forest Hills home, a beautiful 8 pound 7 ounce miracle named Mercena West Schulenburg was born. Both she and her amazing mother are doing quite well after a natural home birth that lasted 24 hours from the first “ooh, this is different” contraction to her great push intoContinue reading “Mercena West Schulenburg”