One year before 40, I’m choosing what comes with me… and gracefully, what doesn’t. Turning 39 is a meaningful milestone.
I don’t think I ever...
Content warning: This post includes discussion of suicide and may be difficult for some readers. Please take care while reading.
Please understand why I’m writing...
“How was school?”“Fine.”“What did you do?”“Nothing.”
Impressive, really. My children can spend an entire day in a building full of people and emerge with absolutely...
I have been thinking about this trip for months. Our 10-year wedding anniversary is coming up, and somewhere between picking a destination, looking at...
At the beginning of summer, we moved home. For 15 years, we lived in Indianapolis: met each other, finished our degrees, got married, started...
A few months ago, I was on a business trip where we carpooled to a conference. My colleagues asked me what my favorite song...
On my 6th birthday, my mom and I went to the public library in my small town for my first library card. It was...
This year, we had a hard summer with our elderly dog. She passed away peacefully in August, but all summer we worried about leaving...
When the world feels heavy, and it seems like the weight of it all is on my shoulders, I look back at my pictures.
I...
When my sister texted our group chat the other day with a link to the New York Times article about Hayden Panettiere's death, my...
As a mom and an educator, I often mix up my hats, both at home and at school. The line between teacher and mother...
Summer break is finally over, and it is so exciting to see the back-to-school pictures of kids I may have never met but still...
Fall is here, well almost, but the month of September has arrived. Here is our round up of September family events happening this month...
Fall is in the air in the Circle City! Now is your chance to get out with the family and explore some of the...


















