Sometimes I want the world to be less serious, so that I can simply enjoy my kids’ childhood. It’s as childish a sentiment as when I don’t want to talk about the bills with my...
For the parents of little ones: an important reminder for those of us raising kids. I was driving with my family yesterday, on our way home from our second holiday-themed activity for the day. I’m...
There are moments when I want to run away from home. Not really and truly—I mean, I would never actually leave—but there are moments of motherhood that make me want to just flee and...
A letter to myself. 1. Breathe. When the day seems unbearable and you face challenges beyond your control, breathe through it, one inhale and exhale at a time. 2. When you feel weak, remind...
I’m a grown woman living with ADHD. Diagnosed in my early teens, ADHD is still something I deal with daily. I don’t feel ashamed to say that I have ADHD. More, I don’t feel...
I want my baby to go to sleep. Right now. (Seriously, I’m watching her on the baby monitor as I daydream.) I want her to nap and sleep and eat healthy food. I want...
1. She’s a good speller. (Moms, you know what I mean. Another parent of young children understands a conversation full of spelling over the top of playing children much more quickly and efficiently than anyone...
The sun tickles the grass, as the frost turns into nearly-invisible beads of water. The baby-looking evergreen tree outside the window doesn’t give away the cold that traces it. Your voice escapes through the...
Loving ourselves enough to find room for failure: I watch her grip the chunky crayon, moving it strategically to form the letters of her name, the ones that I’ve outlined in dash letters with a...
My body holds my tension from yesterday, unless I unravel it through movement. I charge myself each morning by moving, whether for 5 minutes as the kids play, and we perform our morning getting-ready-for-the-day rituals,...
