Dear Bedtime,
I’ve worked so hard for you. I read books about you. I wrote notes on you. I talked endlessly about you with my...
Life’s trials can really test your courage and expressing that in writing can be difficult, too. It makes you all the more vulnerable, but...
A few months ago, my 10-year-old daughter came home from school and said, “Mom, today at school, a girl told me to go back...
Just mention the word “tradition” and I immediately become giddy. Growing up, if Mom and Dad didn’t initiate a yearly tradition (you name the...
I am not a very sentimental person. I don't have a hope chest. I didn’t preserve and keep my wedding dress. My children’s baby...
During November, many people are starting gratitude journals or writing on Facebook something they're grateful for. I'm trying to take time to be grateful....
This Sunday, while I set our clocks back and prayed our kids got the memo and slept in an extra hour (likely story), I...
After my daughter was born, I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to continue breastfeeding exclusively once I returned to work. I...
I waited a long time to have kids.
My husband and I had our 11th anniversary a few months before our son was born. We...
Here is a little story. We had just moved overseas and were welcomed by the most incredible group of people. I was so excited!...
I never buy anything at full retail price. Seriously, never. Why? Well, it’s a habit I developed in part due to my upbringing, but...
Halloween is swiftly approaching and, as per usual for the opinionated voices of the internet, there has been quite some controversy over what is...

















