3 Everyday Ways Anyone Can Choose Happiness.
Today, I feel grateful and ready to enjoy my day, and it’s not a special one. It’s not an anniversary, or a holiday, or a birthday, or even a day when I’ve had enough...
Category: Self-Discovery.
I Want to Live in a World Where Breasts Are so Normal They’re Boring.
Breasts are utilitarian. I realized this after giving birth and beginning to breastfeed my baby. This realization was, I can almost guarantee, not a unique experience for a woman…with breasts…who decides to feed her...
A Reminder That It’s a Phase.
I am not a child psychologist, or even a mother who thinks my behavior and parenting skills are so amazing that they should be globally emulated. I am, however, a loving mom of two....
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...
20 Things Every Daughter Should Know.
I want my daughters to know these things, always: 1. I don’t care if you date a man or a woman. Mutual love and respect are what matter in relationships. 2. Ignore the advice...
I’m the Feminist Who Wears Makeup.
My mom used to tell me about watching her own mother put on makeup before going dancing with my papa. She remembers watching her in girlish awe, marveling at my grandmother’s beauty. I put on...
7 Things I Learned About Life from Being a Twin.
Lessons from growing up as an identical twin: This isn’t a statistical fact, but just a general perception: twins seem a lot more “normal” today than when I was growing up, as a twin. My...
The Importance of Routine.
The place of silent rituals in our daily lives: Her backpack is too heavy and keeps sliding down off her shoulders. It’s nearly the length of her entire body, or it seems this way as I...
10 Realistic Tips: Parenting with ADHD.
One of the most prominent ways that my ADHD surfaces as an adult is feeling easily overwhelmed. When I say overwhelmed, I mean at simple, everyday life-things, like a serious pile of dirty dishes,...
My Five Year Old Experienced Peer Pressure and This Was My Take-Away.
I asked my five year old yesterday why she didn’t eat her snack at school. The “none” box was highlighted next to how much she had eaten. She told me because of the other...
