Motherhood Is This.
Motherhood is the hug I get first thing in the morning. It’s running sock-covered feet on wood floors, and occasional slips and spills, and the kisses on bumps that follow. It’s knowing what they...
Category: How to Love & Be Loved.
5 Ways to Let Go Gracefully.
“In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.” People do have the ability to affect...
I Married You 10 Years Ago, but I Choose You Every Day.
One day, this will all be over. There won’t be a bin in the corner for dirty diapers. There won’t be a headache from not getting enough sleep. There won’t be runny noses to...
My Mother’s Wish List.
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...
How Being a Mother Changed Me.
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...
There Is No Rehearsal for Parenthood.
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...
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 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 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...
8 Ways to Really Make the World a Better Place.
For me, kindness is a practice. I can have a sharp tongue and an aggressive demeanor and, frankly, when feeling insecure or overly emotional, it’s often unfortunately easy to lash out at others rather...
