Let this be the year
Dear Mamas of 2020, For years you have honored everyone else’s holiday traditions. The ones you had growing up, the ones your husband had, even though they all seemed impossible to keep. With a million places to be and multiple…
People are hard to hate close up- move in.
I think that sometimes people just want to fight for the sake of what is right so they can fight. So they can release whatever negative energy is stewing inside of them, Lord knows I am guilty. But if we…
Let’s Get Political.
Welp. Here goes. How often do you scroll social media and see a post that looks something like this: “I usually try to avoid politics but…” or “I am not one to share anything political usually…” Because talking politics has…
Faith over FOMO
I was out on a mid-morning walk with my girls, one that either morphs into hours of outside time exploring OR ends in tears & tantrums. Usually the latter. But we do it almost everyday, because I need it and…
We are enough for our kids
One Saturday morning I was snuggling with my toddlers on the couch watching cartoons and in rolled the repetitive ABC Mouse commercials that I had come to loathe. A parent came on the commercial to rave about how this online…
Paralyzed by COVID Confusion
If I wear a mask to the store and live in fear, I am a sheep. Get your head out of the sand, they say. The Government is trying to control you, they say. This is a hoax. If I…
The Not So Selfless Mom
I try to go on a run or walk every single day. It is often the only uninterrupted solitude I have and some days I have to fight to keep it. This morning, my 4 year old woke up too…
A Privileged Quarantine
The other day we took a family walk through the trail around our neighborhood. We are on this trail almost every day, all year long. We go snail & worm hunting. Muskrat spotting. Puddle jumping. Wildflower picking. Bug catching. This…
The JOY of missing out
As we begin to approach that time of year where you feel the pressure to do ALL THE THINGS, the release of this book, The Joy of Missing Out, could not have come at a better time. But who are…
Embrace your season.
Here in Illinois, there was quite the commotion over the snow in October. I know we are not ready for winter. I know we wanted a few more weeks of that beautiful fall weather that we cherish so much in…
