I imagine that, once you get to know me, I’m probably a confusing person to figure out. What you see isn’t necessarily what you get. Initial judgments have often been off-base, which my friends love to tell me about after they have gotten comfortable with me. For example, I was a debutante and president of […]
When I was 14, we all had to write letters to our 18-year-old self at a school retreat. For some reason or another, I didn’t actually write the letter. I remember being in a fight with my best friend at the time, and I was sulking. And I guess I thought the activity was stupid […]
Like my oldest child, I grew up with Sensory Processing Disorder. While I have adjusted and adapted with age, I still have an immediate spike in anxiety when I hear loud noises, overlapping noises or when I am “touched out.” Of course, these are often the top things that also come along with being a […]
My husband and I have been together for 12 years – which means a lot of text messages! In the early days, we both had flip phones so most of our texts were pretty short and to the point. Then we got iPhones and things shifted from there. We went from periodic texts to messaging […]
I’m a big fan of “hashtag” speak. Even though I’m in my thirties, I still get a kick out of #treatyoself when justifying something or #blessed when I’m being ironic about an event in my life – and let’s be clear, this is not on social media. This is coming out of my mouth. It […]
Ahh it’s the holiday season! And with the holiday season comes one of my very favorite things – holiday movies! While I love the typical Elf, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and Family Stone – I really, really, love Home Alone. Mostly because this is the one movie that my children will deign to watch with […]
4 Stages of a Daycare Phone Call My kids have been in daycare since 10 weeks and 7 weeks old (respectively). My first one is finally, mercifully in Kindergarten, which means that I have been fielding daycare calls at work for the past 6 years. Over the course of these years, I have gotten almost […]
Let’s be real – whether you work at home, work out of home, stay home with the kiddos – mamas have a lot going on. It can be tricky to stay on top of soccer practices, doctor’s appointments, work presentations, and the insane, practically weekly themed dress up days at daycare (a post for another […]
I like to think that I stay pretty vigilant most of the time – especially when it comes to my kids. If you looked up the definition of “helicopter parent” online, I’m fairly certain that my worried face would be front and center. This isn’t something I am proud of – or even okay with […]
We have reached that turn in the year, heralded in by the return of Pumpkin Spice Lattes, the Halloween section of Target, and an overwhelming desire to watch Hocus Pocus (or is that just me?). I always get swept up in the nostalgic excitement of all things pumpkin and the fact that my house will […]
