It’s never the big things that push us over the edge. Why is that? It’s always the smallest, most trivial thing- socks next to...
I no longer sit at tables where I might be the topic when I get up. Read it again. And again. If that isn’t...
As a pediatrician, I know many everyday items' dangers for small children. As a parent, I know it's impossible to prevent every accident. Kids...
Many of my friends and clients call me their Clean Beauty Concierge. I collaborate with a company called Beautycounter, where I advocate for cleaner,...
Dating as a single parent is never anyone’s plan A. My teenage daydreams about my wildly romantic adult dating life did not include diapers...
Trigger Warning: suicidal thoughts
The thoughts started after my oldest was born and I was horrified. Out of nowhere, like a flashbulb popping in my...
Over the past couple of years, I've had more conversations with friends and acquaintances on the topic of concentration than I can even begin...
I’m naturally a very anxious person – the type of person who replays scenes in my head from ten years ago and re-dies with...
The flu season has arrived in full force this year. My family has already been through two rounds of sneezes, coughs and fevers -...
It was like any other summer day for my son and me, where I had work and he had camp, then afterward we joyfully...
Are you expecting your first child? A new mom on maternity leave? Or a veteran mother about to add another child to your family?...
During January, I completed a 21 day fast through my church of giving up all social media. I was up for the challenge but...
“Through the years, we all will be together, if the fates allow.” That Christmas song line always makes me tear up because I think...
My skin cancer story started in elementary school. Coming out of summer vacation, my under 10-year-old self was suddenly very cognizant of the other...

























