FROM THE GROUND UP

I created this blog post not long after Ellie was born, using an old photo from my first pregnancy, vowing to write more when we were...

from a Type A recovering overachiever, I thought it would be fun to pen out how I attempted yet inadvertently failed to scale back my...

new year, new you? ok, so you've seen 467 new year posts already, but here's just one more -- here's to resolving to do less in 2023....

makin' money moves? maybe you've heard that "money won't solve the world's problems" but like... it might help? at the very minimum,...

.. of the year! First and foremost, did you or did you not sing the blog post title? And second, man, do I love this time of year! A cozy...

I used to cringe at a caption or blog post title like this one, but here we are, cringe-worthy and more completely fulfilled than I ever...

til death so us part, the old ball and chain, in sickness and health and all the other cliches you could think of… but to me, the most...

it’s been a MINUTE since I actually had time to sit down, breathe, reflect and write, but dang does it feel good to get the chance to do...

a cashier wished me “happy Mother’s Day!” and I had to pause — whoa, me? I’ve dreamt of a family of my own since I was young but to be...

does Ellie’s face say it all, or what? One of the countless things I’ve learned since becoming a parent is just when you think you figure...

in a hustle, hustle, hustle culture “downshift” can seem like a set back, a sacrifice, a negative. sharing some wisdom from one of the...

rocking my baby to sleep tonight, looking down at her sweet, innocent face, I caught myself thinking about how she won’t always be this...

this morning upon walking into the kitchen my husband exclaimed, “Happy February 15th!” I like to joke that Valentine’s Day isn’t a real...

it has been the fastest two weeks of my life and if I had to sum up the experience thus far it would be “beautiful chaotic exhaustion.”...

it’s 3am in the morning and I’m lying in this uncomfortable hospital bed watching you sleep. part of me is still in disbelief at the past...

you can’t see from this Instagram-worthy picture, but behind this bump there were countless prayers and promises to our future, “someday”...

I won’t keep you waiting like a Pinterest recipe where you have to scroll to the end, so here it is… what made me think people actually...