Tag Archives: parenthood

Earlier this week, my husband and I were taking a mental checkout break to delve into the world of Stranger Things 2. I was engrossed in Hawkins, Indiana world, when I realized I was 2.5 episodes deep and hadn’t heard from either child of mine. Were they still in the …

When I was a freshman high school girl, I used to watch this senior boy during practice on the track and field. He was a pole vaulter. If you’ve never seen a person in real life,  not on TV while watching the Olympics, but in person, pole vault, it is …

My daughter’s school is adjacent to a park. Often, to avoid the school drop-off traffic and to get a few extra, quiet moments with her on the way to school (not to mention getting a few extra steps for my Fitbit), I’ll drive to the park instead, and we’ll walk …

Are we too sensitive? Or not sensitive enough?  You’d think that these questions would never occur in the same space – but it’s something that is on my mind often. It seems someone is offended by every type of lifestyle, comment, and interaction. And there’s a reason that “you can’t …

I stayed up thinking about this post for several nights now. Crazy, yes. I have been afraid to write this blog because I want it to be perfect. I want it to capture parenthood, and what it means to me, perfectly. I want to show outsiders what makes us so …