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...
Like most basic white girls, I eagerly await the advent of fall. The crispness in the air is positively life-giving after a long, sticky...
When someone says "winter vacation," I highly doubt the idea of going to Ireland is high on the priority list. However, our family of...
The words “fashion-forward” and motherhood don’t often go hand-in-hand. Of course, there’s always the impossibly put together mom at play group who manages to...
It seems that the winter months are all about survival. We just want to make it through the snow storms, through the cold and...
Let’s get real. We all get up every morning, get dressed in a hurry to drop the kids at school and/or head to work....
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...

















