I think it’s safe to say we all feel like we could use a little light in the winter, especially in the never-ending month...
The end of 2025 felt heavy. Just too heavy. The holidays came and went, but unless you have tunnel vision, the world seemed to...
Somewhere along the way, I have come to internalize that if my kids are sad, upset, or disappointed, it is somehow my fault. Hurt...
In this new year, I wish you small wonders and simple bright spots that buoy your spirit. I wish you the ability to truly...
Working mom. Stay-at-home mom. Work-from-home mom. Single mom. Adoptive mom. Step-mom. Co-parenting mom. Crunchy mom. Silky mom. Type-A mom. Type-B mom.
If motherhood had a...
The hustle and bustle of the holiday season has just passed us. And for a lot of us, that meant added stress. Not only...
In December 2024, I wrote a blog for Indianapolis Moms on how Christmas and New Year are celebrated in my home country of Ireland....
I recently went to visit my 93-year-old grandmother for a morning catch-up. Few places take me back to childhood like her home. The summers...
The sun has not yet risen in Chicago, but I wake up at the first sounds of life on the wooden floor above my...
Every year, when the holidays roll around, I feel that familiar tug in my chest, telling me it is time to slow down and...
“Excuse me,” an older gentleman said to my husband as we exited a restaurant. “You really have great daughters there. I was watching you...
“What did Santa bring you?” was the question I heard right after Christmas break ended in my first-grade classroom. I sat in my chair,...
Let’s pump the brakes real quick and recognize that I’m not talking about going to the school board and telling them to lock up...
One night this past October, I was doing my usual routine of saying goodnight to all my kids. My oldest, my ten-year-old son, was...

























