Hi! I’m Gina and I’m thrilled you’re here. I named my blog Living Imperfection as a reminder to myself that nothing in life and no one is perfect and trying to be perfect is a colossal waste of my limited time on this earth.
My children’s book, Opossum Opposites, will be available for pre-order starting October 1st. I can’t wait to share this labor of love with the world. Opossums are my favorite animal.
My husband Fab and I are the exceedingly proud parents of two gorgeous, miraculous children: a whip-smart almost 6-year-old boy with an artistic flair called “Sweetie Bird” or “l’Artiste” and a new baby girl we’ll call “Baby Bird,” who eluded us for several years before completing our family this past summer. We are a bilingual Franco-American family doing our best in Atlanta, Georgia to make sure both kids master French, English, and our own unique brand of Franglais.
Fab is short for Fabien. He’s the lovely Frenchie I lured into my clutches while living and working in France and imported back to the States with me for grad school so I could become a French professor.  After graduating, I professed for a few years, but when I had my daughter I wanted to stay home with her for a couple of years, like I did with my son.
Because of our dual nationality, we travel to Europe at least once a year and we’re not afraid of traveling with children, even if it can be challenging at times. We believe that kids should discover the world and learn how to exist in it harmoniously from a young age. We’ve never regretted our decision – yet!
We try to live ethically and sustainably in an ever more complex world and raise our children to do the same. I’m a long-time tree hugger, vegetarian-ish, progressive-minded, intersectional feminist just trying to keep my head above the rising sea levels.Â
Fab has stuck with me for 13 years and counting, through thick and thin. He’s a software architect by trade, although not by passion, and I don’t really understand much of what he does, but it pays the bills.
I struggle with anxiety on a daily basis and I have spent the last couple of years getting to know this phenomenon more intimately. I now realize it’s been with me my whole life and some things – like my regularly scheduled existential crises – make a lot more sense now. Perfectionism is my anxiety’s partner in crime, so I do my best to kick them both to the curb any way I can.
I write about parenting, infertility, mental health, making stuff, and whatever else I want.
It won’t be perfect, but it’ll have to do.
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