It takes a strong and patient person to take on a mama and her child(ren). From my own personal experience, I have compiled a...
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...
Dear Husband, I miss you. You come home from work and the kids run to you. “Daddy, daddy” they yell and screech and jump into...
"Never go to bed angry!" As I sat surrounded by my closest family and friends at my bachelorette party dinner, someone suggested going around...
2019: A New Year. A new beginning, a fresh start. As we toasted to the new year--or sat on the couch with chocolate, popcorn,...
“It looks just like a museum!” I exclaimed to Jeff, his face shining back at me with the same expression of amused delight. Every...
When I was pregnant last year, I showed several early warning signs that I would be an unlucky mother with postpartum depression and anxiety:...
Relationships are the most fulfilling and essential part of a happy life. Yet, building healthy relationships with family, friends and romantic partners is not...

The Seven Year Itch

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Seven years ago I was planning my wedding.  As a teacher I have the summers off and spent the summer before my fall wedding making...
Allow me to propose a love gift to your person in this month of love. Inspired by the movie Marriage Story, which is largely about...
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,...
Every year on the third Sunday of September wives get a day.  ONE DAY.  This year, Sunday, September 19th is Wife Appreciation Day.  Sure, there’s...
In the wise words of Vanilla Ice and Cypress Hill—word to the moms.  I have had the privilege of knowing many moms and I...
I am overly overwhelmed with life right now. I feel like I’m in the middle of the most crowded pool you could imagine, struggling...

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Wine Tasting Around Indianapolis

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I’m not going to lie – I enjoy a nice glass of wine. Sometimes two. I like to call myself a wine tasting enthusiast,...