For Mom

Father’s Day is coming up soon. And, of course, the pressure is often on you to make the day special. But I beg you to grab a glass of wine and remind yourself to never underestimate the power of...

On the inevitable day my kids ask about why they have the names they do, I have been working on a story (based on true events) to help them work through my issues and principled stances about their names....

Mommy, wife, daughter, sister, friend...we all wear so many hats everyday and they all require us to give ourselves to someone else. From keeping our littles alive to giving our besties advice, at the end of the day we are left with nothing more to give, especially to ourselves. Like so...

Mother’s Day is almost here. Ah, Mother’s Day, the day I used to look forward to receiving sweet hand-drawn cards and bouquets of flowers tied with string. Picked from the neighbor’s yard, of course. I'm not going to lie. There were...

10 Years gone, it doesn't seem like it could possibly be ten years since you were taken so quickly and unfairly. I remember our last conversation so vividly, my dad was in the hospital with pneumonia, your girl's teacher sent...

  In the weeks leading up to my son’s appointment, all I could think about was how much weight he had gained. It had been the topic of our six month appointment and I promised the pediatrician (like someone can...

  Sometimes on parenting blogs, as we write about the triumphs and tribulations of motherhood, we overlook the basic, yet quintessential role that mothers have in the lives of their children: to provide them with the basic necessities for their...

It is happening again. There is no way to slow it down. The days are passing quickly and my tiny little baby is slipping away.  My sweet little girl, you are going to be one. I cried on your sister's...

Before children (B.C.) there is this lust for life in you like no other. You can stay up late, you can sleep in, be hungover, call out of work, go on vacations, eat sitting down, and so on. Then...

I often think of my marriage in two parts: the before children time and the after children time. This not an apocalyptic thought, but really a very matter of fact statement. My marriage looked very different before children. In...