May 9, 20203 minToo Many Chiefs, Not Enough IndiansEarly on, I swore that my writing wouldn't be consumed by my amateur experience as a mother. Not to say that isn't worth writing about, b...
Apr 19, 20204 minChampagne ProblemsI only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not. – Coco Chanel My beverages are either water, coffee, or win...
Apr 18, 20205 minFinding A New NormIt's all we can seem to think about, it's on the forefront of our minds. It's like a big grey elephant standing in the middle of our livi...
Dec 4, 20194 minThe ForgottenGetting older is in many ways as marvelous as my young idealistic self imagined. There’s a wisdom that only experience can provide. And w...
Jan 23, 20193 minThirtieth Year“Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.” (Abraham Lincoln) I used to dread turning thirty. I imagined myself ac...
May 18, 20182 min“My Whole World”Hobbies Since Becoming a Mom: Drinking cold coffee Looking for lost socks Arguing with a smaller version of myself Folding an endless sup...
Mar 9, 20185 minOne Day At A TimeIt’s half past six o’clock in the morning. I’m sitting here in my recliner by the fire, sipping my coffee and watching my one month old s...
Jan 10, 20183 minStilettos for SneakersStilettos (aka the surface level stuff) In surviving my ninth month of pregnancy, which has still been super easy (compared to most), I’m...
Sep 30, 20176 minApples & Oranges(Disclaimer: I’ll need the mothers reading this post to bare with me through this one.) Walking my dogs around the neighborhood this even...
Sep 13, 20174 minMinnows & Mashed PotatoesLife is tough enough without having someone kick you from the inside. (Rita Rudner) Twenty weeks. Halfway. There have been two notable ch...
Aug 2, 20173 minManaging ExpectationsFor about six weeks I knew we were pregnant before we found out the gender of this little fruit-sized human that would turn our worlds to...
Apr 11, 20171 minThat Time in LondonA bad day in London is still better than a good day anywhere else. Since I first discovered my unyielding adoration for British literatur...
Feb 25, 20162 minPressing OnWe all have to start somewhere. We don’t all start at the same point. Whether you just decided that health and nutrition is important, or...
Jul 11, 20158 minMisty Mountains and Unexpected Gifts, Part 2What has roots as nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, And yet never grows? Allow me to continue the tale of my third visit...
Jul 3, 20159 minMisty Mountains and Unexpected Gifts, Part 1In a house in Texas there lived a young woman. Not a nasty, dirty, boring house, filled with clutter and a dusty smell, nor yet a quiet, ...
Jul 1, 20153 minMy Guide To Being A Grown UpPhoto credit: Ashley Noelle Photography “Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.” (Virginia Woolf) In two short w...
Jun 9, 20152 minLose Sight of the Shore“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” (Andre Gide) The past couple of weeks have been a w...
Mar 30, 20157 minSouthern Inklings and a Texas Oasis“Friendship arises out of mere companionship when two or more of the companions discover that they have in common some insight or interes...
Feb 25, 20152 minFollowing the Pillar“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” (Albert Einstein) It is the year twenty-fifteen, which blows me ...