Parenting

Tonight, I helped my soon-to-be-7-year-old son write a letter to the tooth fairy after losing a tooth somewhere. You’re getting so big. After the tenth how-do-you-spell-this, he...

Parenting a medically fragile child means taking certain precautions. Many children with special needs also have compromised immune systems or can come with a complicated...

For six days, I watched the sun rise and set in a peaceful bliss, surrounded by the smell of the ocean, the site of beautiful...

This picture. There is something about this picture of my daughters at the beach that tugs at my heart. It could be how small they seem...

Last night I laid you down, a sleepy dreaming toddler and today you awoke somehow bigger. As I picked you up out of bed your...

Dear young mama, I know this is scary. I know this isn’t where you thought you’d be — holding two heartbeats so young. Struggling to see...

You can be both. A hot mess disaster and a hostess with the mostest. Professional and ridiculous. Chill and motivated. A sugar fiend and health-conscious. A mom and...

Tonight, my 3-year-old daughter wore her Elsa AND Anna dresses with her way-too-big, dress-up pink high heels on the wrong feet, three beaded necklaces, seven...

All I could do was stare as the 23rd parent-teacher-organization-related email of the day appeared in my inbox. I had become so bitter that I...

Dear Mama in the NICU, I pray for you. I don’t know you, but I was in your place once before, even if it was for...

I never knew. Now that you are three, I can honestly say I never knew how life-changing the year of you being two would be...

Someday she’s going to give me the silent treatment. Someday she’ll say I’m the worst. Someday she will think I’m mean and that I couldn’t...

According to the Women in the Workplace 2018 study, women remain under-represented at every level of Corporate America. And yet, women across the globe are...

Three years ago during the week leading up to Mother’s Day there were three reasons that I wanted to hide away from the world. Three...

One thing no one prepares you for as you enter parenthood is how differently you’ll learn to view time. One day it feels like you’ve...

Last night I watched athletes. I had the extreme pleasure of observing talented, hardworking, motivated, dedicated, poised, and breathtakingly beautiful girls, ages 5 – 18,...

I always wanted three kids. I don’t know why. Three was kind of an arbitrary number, but it was a comfortable place to hang out...

If you’re like me, you once dreamed of the family you would have someday. You may have even imagined exactly how many kids you’d have,...

The other day started out like every other. I grabbed my chubby-cheeked toddler out of the car seat to get bundled up for school, but...

We’re in a season, she and I. She likes to be as physically close to me as possible. So, on the hip she goes. This can...

Dear Mama, In the thick of motherhood, managing work, home, babies, spouses, cooking, cleaning, working out, holidays, volunteering, organizing, planning appointments and playdates — all...

Growing up as a child who went to school in the ’90s, there was definitely a stigma around special education. Autism diagnoses were much rarer...

This is me, three weeks post-partum with my 2nd baby. I look so happy. Proudly pointing to my shrunken stomach while taking a selfie to...