I Would Rather My Daughters Use the Word F*ck than Fat.
F*ck feeling fat: My 5-year-old grabbed my hip the other day while we were in the kitchen cooking. She kind of wrapped her tiny fingers around my hip bone and gave me a sort-of-gentle...
Monthly Archive: November 2015
The Kissing Experiment.
Marriage these days is a much discussed tradition. There are those who prefer to not partake in it, although this doesn’t necessarily mean not co-existing in a life-long relationship. There are those, too, who...
Home Is Where My Children Are.
I zip up her coat. She puts her gloves on herself. We talk about how yesterday she grew upset when I didn’t drive our car right to our old house, and instead turned left...
How & Why I’m Putting My Own Spin on The Elf on the Shelf.
Why I’m breaking down and getting an Elf on the Shelf—and doing it my way: My children are innately good. But they test boundaries. A lot. Especially for me, their mom. I wasn’t sure...
How to Raise a Woman.
The way her smile falls reminds of how her hair hits her shoulders. It’s easy and natural, and it meets me with the same curly bounce. Her eyes twinkle, and I wink at her—something...
3 Ways to Give the Perfect Gift & the 2 Best Things to Do with Gifts We Don’t Want.
I had a conversation with another mother yesterday while at the yoga studio. She brought up something that many people think, but don’t always verbalize. Our discussion was about how holiday gift giving and receiving...
8 Realistic Tips to Reduce Stress. {Parents’ Holiday Edition}
Have a less-stressful holiday with the following hard-won advice: One of my friends, with three kids under the age of five, recently commented that an article she had read about banishing stress stressed her...
5 Best Proven Motivations for Exercise (That Have Nothing to Do with Appearance).
Working out first thing in the morning isn’t my preference, but it’s something I’ve done for years. I’m not exactly a morning person. I’m not a night owl either. Instead, give me a good...
How a Mother’s Heart Lets Go. {Part 2 in The Caged Girls.}
Part 2: The Caged Girls. She sat alone in a chair, her legs folded neatly beneath her. Her heart felt not so neat. She contemplated the day, how she had reacted to her...
3 Exercises for Instant Strength.
Perhaps, especially if you know me and my affinity for moving my body, you might have expected a different sort of list than what follows. Instead, what follows are a few of my go-to...
