Every time I look at the random assortment of toys in my shower, I can’t help but smile. As my kids are getting older...
Children carry a quiet innocence—soft, unfiltered, untouched by the world. As parents, we orbit around that innocence, shielding it, shaping it, filling their days...
My husband planned a work trip the week before winter break. While I understood the purpose of the trip, the second he told me...
I recently went to visit my 93-year-old grandmother for a morning catch-up. Few places take me back to childhood like her home. The summers...
I don't know about you, but sometimes I need a pick-me-up to get through the cold months in Indianapolis. Hot chocolate bombs, or hot...
It's winter and the beginning of the holiday season. More than likely you are and will be spending the next few weeks cleaning out...
The sun has not yet risen in Chicago, but I wake up at the first sounds of life on the wooden floor above my...
Every year, when the holidays roll around, I feel that familiar tug in my chest, telling me it is time to slow down and...
Recently, in a moment of frustration, I was crowdsourcing a question, half-joking, half-pleading: With all the love in my heart, my children have not...
If there’s one thing motherhood has taught me, it’s that nothing tests your sanity quite like opening the fridge at 5:30 p.m. and realizing...
Growing up, the only "experience" I had with Hanukkah was listening to Adam Sandler's Hanukkah song. I also knew Ross and Monica on Friends...
The winter holiday season came crashing onto our calendars so fast this year! Let's celebrate and go ice skating with our family and friends....
“Excuse me,” an older gentleman said to my husband as we exited a restaurant. “You really have great daughters there. I was watching you...
Recently, I watched a video where a woman of color shared something that stuck with me: she appreciates shirts that help indicate when a...


















