“I am so sorry, baby!” I screamed maniacally at the hospital room’s dingy ceiling. I was yelling at no one and everyone. My second son was arriving, born in chaos...
March, of course, took an unforeseen turn for the whole world. And, as an Enneagram 7 and someone who has built an identity on travel and family adventure, it took...
It is so easy these days, as we move to living online, to be depleted by what we consume on the Internet. Too much news, too many scary headlines, too...
I love sewing – playing with fabrics and textures, taking time to create something completely unique. I just don’t like KEEPING any of the stuff I make because, well, we...
A few years ago, I spent two straight days in the belly of a book: ONE YEAR OFF: Leaving It All Behind for A Round-the-World Journey with Our Children. The book is...
Way back in 2016, I was struggling with the world. Random shootings, not-so-random killings, mean-spirited hearts, a ridiculously ugly political season, poverty I can’t undo and pain we seem to...
Well, friends, I failed. I had set a goal for myself via my Goodreads profile to read 60 books in 2019. And after 4 years of successfully nailing my annual...
I love Christmas, very much. But as I have eased my way (and by easing I mean been thrown wildly and wide-eyed) into busy motherhood, I have come to appreciate...
Updated 10/2023: Operation Gratitude is no longer consistently participating in this program, but please try Treats for Troops.I have celebrated a rebirth through the years: a rebirth as someone who...
We have been struggling with our sons’ education lately. Moving from a charter school in NC to a public school in VA (albeit in a great district) has been a...