postpartum and positive body image Will you stay with me a second while I share something slightly vulnerable? I’m hearing them again: the lies that come around every January with the annual resolutions: time to shed those extra pounds. I’m so familiar with the voice in my head: the one that shames me — the […]

postpartum and positive body image Will you stay with me a second while I share something slightly vulnerable? I’m hearing them again: the lies that come around every January with the annual resolutions: time to shed those extra pounds. I’m so familiar with the voice in my head: the one that shames me — the […]

Another loss in the family today. In the span of a mere 24 days, my husband Alex lost first his uncle, then his aunt, on his mother’s side, to COVID19. His two cousins, their children, now orphaned to misfortune, pain, overwhelming grief, and loss. I personally never had the privilege nor honor of meeting them, […]

Another loss in the family today. In the span of a mere 24 days, my husband Alex lost first his uncle, then his aunt, on his mother’s side, to COVID19. His two cousins, their children, now orphaned to misfortune, pain, overwhelming grief, and loss. I personally never had the privilege nor honor of meeting them, […]

I feel his breath begin a steady cadence on my chest: in, out, in, out. Do I dare? I slowly lift my body out of the rocking chair, one muscle at a time. Tiptoeing to the edge of the crib, his body senses this familiar dance. In the darkened room, I see his eyes open […]

I feel his breath begin a steady cadence on my chest: in, out, in, out. Do I dare? I slowly lift my body out of the rocking chair, one muscle at a time. Tiptoeing to the edge of the crib, his body senses this familiar dance. In the darkened room, I see his eyes open […]

Oh friends… Today was a hard one. I try to keep my head above water but some days, like today, I just feel like I never breach the surface. Today, I am a stone sinking in an endless pool of leaky sippy cups and tears. We are on day one million (not an exaggeration) of […]

Oh friends… Today was a hard one. I try to keep my head above water but some days, like today, I just feel like I never breach the surface. Today, I am a stone sinking in an endless pool of leaky sippy cups and tears. We are on day one million (not an exaggeration) of […]

Confession: 98.9% of the time, I have no idea what I’m doing. Sometimes people will browse through these pretty photographs or read the curated captions, take a look at our family and think, “Wow, they’ve really got it together.  They have the two kids, the dog, the house, and they’re livin’ it up in sunny, […]

Confession: 98.9% of the time, I have no idea what I’m doing. Sometimes people will browse through these pretty photographs or read the curated captions, take a look at our family and think, “Wow, they’ve really got it together.  They have the two kids, the dog, the house, and they’re livin’ it up in sunny, […]

So much of motherhood in daily life is made up of so many small, imperceptible nothings. The tears that are wiped away from an exhausted meltdown, the bruises that appear and disappear as our children explore their world, the time spent shushing the baby to sleep, the cleaning and re-cleaning of toys and books and […]

So much of motherhood in daily life is made up of so many small, imperceptible nothings. The tears that are wiped away from an exhausted meltdown, the bruises that appear and disappear as our children explore their world, the time spent shushing the baby to sleep, the cleaning and re-cleaning of toys and books and […]