In 2020, when I was pregnant with Leo, I was hard at work on writing a book of essays about confidence. I struggled to believe in myself in many ways, had worked through much of it, and wanted to share what I’d learned. With every word I kept in mind – this is what I’d…
On milestones, memories and motherhood
On the magic of Christmas lights
On Easter morning this year, I woke up and did a double-take of the light peaking under my bedroom door. It was 6:30am. 6:30!!! I didn’t know my body was capable of sleeping that late anymore. I guess when I’m not woken up by toddler cries, anything is possible. I messed with my hair in…
Last week, Kyle and I did something sort of old to us but also totally new: we ran a 10k trail race in Flagstaff, AZ, about two hours north of our home, around 30 degrees cooler and 10 times more scenic, hilly, and fall-ish. Making a weekend getaway date out of a race was “old”…
If you’re a new mom like me and you love to learn everything by reading, you’ve probably felt some choice overload at the number of parenting books out there. I wanted to read all the expert books when little Leo entered our world and learn every element of parenting a newborn. But what I found…
I hoped Leo would “tell” me what he wanted to be for Halloween with his personality, and in September he solidified his costume idea when he bit Kyle in the neck in his fight against bedtime. The baby’s habit of biting along with his waking up throughout the night told me… My sweet little Leo…
I had my third meeting with Karma Blackburn this week, the therapist that Kyle says has to be a stripper’s name. The truth is, she’s a sweet 60-some-year-old woman who gets me way more than the sassy, 40-some-year-old therapist I was referred to through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) the last go around. Karma verified for…
