My 15 Seconds
While some people get 15 minutes of fame, I’m thrilled I got 15 seconds! Last week I was surprised to learn that one of my tweets made it onto Good Morning America! Yes, that Good Morning America, the...
View ArticleWeird is Good
I was reading to my daughter like we do every night before bed. She interrupted me like she does every night, but this time she said something that caught me off guard. She said a kid called her weird....
View ArticleCaring is Hard
But I care. A lot. Like most parents, I want the best for my children. But to give them the best means putting my own wants and needs on hold which can be very hard to do. It means putting my phone...
View ArticleOne or the Other
There are few things more stressful than getting kids ready for school in the morning. I’ve even compared it to diffusing a bomb because if one little thing goes wrong, it could blow up the entire day....
View ArticleIt’s a…Book!
I’ve given birth for the third time! It doesn’t have ten fingers and ten toes, or a perfect button nose. It’s not a boy or a girl…it’s a BOOK! And to get it out into the world was nothing short of a...
View ArticleMy Christmas Story
When I was little, Christmas was marshmallowy moments of pure happiness sprinkled with glittery anticipation. It was thrilling like nothing else. I’d count down the days as soon as Thanksgiving hit,...
View ArticleSorry/Not Sorry
Imagine the 80’s. Now imagine 80’s hair, bangs to be exact. Nope, EVEN bigger with EVEN more hairspray. Now imagine 8-year-old me sitting on the edge of the bathtub in our powder blue bathroom as my...
View ArticleLooking Back
The light at the end of the 2020 tunnel is in sight! If there was any indication of what 2020 had in store for our family, the fact that my 8-year-old had chickenpox on New Year’s Eve should’ve been a...
View ArticleWhat It Means To Be a Mom
Being a mom is a little bit of everything–all at once–every single day–on repeat–forever. That’s what it feels like to be a mom. What it means to be a mom is a little more complicated to explain. Sure,...
View ArticleForty & Published
Ever since my book, What It Means To Be a Mom, came out in April I’ve been feeling all the feels: excited, nervous, hopeful, proud, you know, the emotions a new mom normally experiences after welcoming...
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