Yes, children are the reason for the season and their happiness lights up the cold, winter days but…their parents were frozen.
Read More“How are you alive?” my son’s teacher—whom I had clued in on the situation—asked, noticing my disheveled appearance at pick-up.
Read MoreAs I unsuccessfully tried to explain the impracticality of a baby elephant squeezing through jail bars, another thought struck me…
Read MoreThinking back on those summers while in the trenches of my own vacation made me wonder how my parents managed it for all those years.
Read More…writing would have been the perfect use for unintended and extended free time.
Read MoreRecently, I’ve been doing some math.
Read MoreWhat could elicit the amount of joy I need to escape the doom-spirals taking up every ounce of my unconscious (and conscious) brain?
Read More“I swear I didn’t queue this up,” he said as Tim’s Minchin’s voice streamed from our Google Home speaker.
Read MoreIn the age of social media where we are constantly trying to “keep up with the Jones’”, life comparisons and regret are rampant.
Read MoreHow can I expect to feel inspired in any way if my only goal is to end the day on my couch, watching mindless tv for 2 hours before I pass out?
Read MoreInstagram will try to fool you; it is NOT all rainbows and butterflies. It is bodily fluids and temper tantrums.
Read MoreAnd moments like these—where you’ll let me hold you, feel your little body’s warmth against mine and rock you to sleep—are fleeting.
Read More…everything in life that has a beginning should also have an end, right?
Read MoreNeedless to say, I’m anxious about this trip.
Read More…disappointment is a cruel, cruel bitch.
Read MoreCall it my Spidey-sense, but my memories are triggered by the five senses.
Read MoreThank you, my baby Fin—my last baby. For reminding me how magical the newborn stage can be.
Read More…how can I stay silent when speaking out is so important?
Read More…maybe I’ve been in a bit of denial the last few weeks because I don’t quite remember how I felt or how big I was at this stage in my last pregnancy.
Read MoreMotherhood is all consuming, in good ways and bad.
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