Hi.
It's me, your Bestie.
You have walked along a minefield that I have been fortunate not to have to navigate: pregnancy loss and being a...
Today, on our way to an appointment, my kids and I blasted Disney music and belted out the lyrics at the top of our...
Dear Summer,
Welcome back, my long-lost love. You have been missed. The summer of 2020 brought challenges and lessons to be learned. But this year...
I did something hard a few weeks ago. I signed up and completed a half marathon. I had considered it for a few years...
After going on a beautiful, sunny vacation with my family for a week, I realized how much I desire a slower pace of life....
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. How often have I, as a parent, said some sort of iteration of that phrase to...
We have an empathy problem in our country. The word empathy, while derived from the Greek word similar to sympathy, is actually a word...
One evening, I waited for pasta water to boil while my kids wrestled loudly on the couch. I scrolled on my phone to drown...
We moved to Indiana from Wisconsin for my husband’s job in the summer of 2016. I remember tearing up on our house hunting trips...
This past Fall Break, my kids got a week off of school. We stayed home while some of their friends were going on fun...
Dear Sierra,
Thank you for this summer. You didn’t realize how much you needed it until you were knee-deep in. By the end of spring,...
Sometimes, it feels like I've spent more time fatherless than I did having a dad. This comes off a bit strangely because, well, I...
Every time my three-year-old gets off of FaceTime with my mother, she says “I really miss grandmother, we haven’t seen her in months and...
April is Occupational Therapy Month. An occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant is an important profession that helps people across the lifespan participate in the...

























