My dear, sweet friend recently had her first child. Just like any new mother, she is overwhelmed; overwhelmed with love, with exhaustion, with joy,...
I know that December is a busy month for all of us. Between school functions, concerts, work parties, holiday traditions, and time with family...
Moms. Seriously. We live in Argentina, and if you know anything about Argentina, you know that it might actually be the meat capital of...
Threenager: (n) 1. a 3-year-old in stature with the attitude the size of a teenager; 2. a pain in the butt; 3. my kid
I...
I love my children. I love their spunk, their personalities, their joy at the little things, their unpredictability, and their curiosity for the world....
Yes parents, you read that right, we don’t do Elf on the Shelf. I am acutely aware that what you are about to read...
It seems that the winter months are all about survival. We just want to make it through the snow storms, through the cold and...
I once thrived on current events and the daily buzz of world news that streamed to my phone and television.
Now, it seems that...
You know that old saying - “We have three types of friends in life: Friends for a reason, friends for a season, and friends...
*The following was written in September 2016, two weeks after giving birth. Whereas I am currently past the emotional turmoil described, I still felt...
You know the drill.
After you finally arrive in your new city, the to-do list generally looks a little like this:
-unpack the coffee maker
-set up...
Dear Meredith,
You’ve made it. You are now officially halfway done with this latest deployment. You are surviving, your kids are striving, and your husband...
Military Lifestyle
Normalized Overwhelm
Over the Edge
I was standing in the kitchen, washing dishes and doing mental math: I was trying to figure out how to get the...
