To my wonderful husband,
You're lying in bed asleep and I can't stop crying. You are in the military and have been called to action...
I'm 6 weeks postpartum, have 3 under 3, and chasing and carrying all these little micro versions of my husband and I is EXHAUSTING....
Getting married and having children before my peers put me at a disadvantage for group playdates and mommy outings, but being the first to...
I was planning to move to the guest room. It was a week after our son’s birthday, but this decision had been brewing for...
Love at first sight
Life is funny. At 22 years old, I began my first teaching job. I was a bit pouty because this job was...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Originally, I was going to give a few "how to's" related to loving someone with mental illness, but today...
Finishing a conversation with your friends when kids are around is –
Hard. It’s hard. I know it’s hard. There’s the toddler across the room that is suddenly...
Last week I looked like a crazy bag lady. And then a crazy, ticked off bag lady.
While carrying my 42-pound toddler, my big-arse patriotic...
I was watching one of my favorite sitcoms the other day and it just so happened to be the Mother’s Day episode. In the...
Gifts. Life gives them to us. Sometimes we rip the paper and packaging in excited fury. Sometimes we slowly untangle the tissue paper and...
My husband and I met as 17-year-old kids working at a local chain restaurant. Our playful flirtation around the soda machine led to the...
My daughter is heading off to college this month. This is, of course, affecting me in both an emotional and practical way. She and...
Alright, mommas, I am going to get super real here and be blatantly honest about my marriage with a traveling husband. We all acknowledge...
I took my query to Google in equal parts bewilderment and amusement after my husband marched into my home office yet again that day,...
























