How did moms survive without the power of the Internet? Without the ability to peer into other moms' lives and feel just a little...
“It looks just like a museum!” I exclaimed to Jeff, his face shining back at me with the same expression of amused delight. Every...
I took my query to Google in equal parts bewilderment and amusement after my husband marched into my home office yet again that day,...
Waiting and Thoughts of the Door to the Left
I have always liked this office, the receptionist is ultra friendly, the magazines are always newer,...
Like most mothers, I will never forget the moment I fell in love with my first born. I was exhausted. I was emotional. I...
To My Toxic Mother-In-Law,
We don’t like each other and it’s exhausting to pretend like we do. I look at you and am amazed that...
It seems a recent trend is for people to offer up their "hot takes," or strong, personal opinions that many others tend to disagree...
Friendship is crucial to one's social and emotional balance. To have someone there for you no matter what. To be a listening ear throughout...
I recently got added to another Facebook group, but surprisingly, this time it was not for LuLaRoe clothing, Plexus, Nerium or 3-D eyelashes.
It was...
"Never go to bed angry!" As I sat surrounded by my closest family and friends at my bachelorette party dinner, someone suggested going around...
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." —Annie Dillard
The baby had gone down with relative ease; I'd just...
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...
This month of celebrating fathers is bittersweet for me. I am caught between celebrating my husband and missing my father terribly.
As the years pass,...
When I was pregnant last year, I showed several early warning signs that I would be an unlucky mother with postpartum depression and anxiety:...

























