She was holding my baby, tears streaming down her face, and I hardly knew her. Our daughters had been playing together wild and free, strangers prior, discovering each other in the midst of dress-up fairy wings at our local children’s museum. She and I laugh at the ease with which friendships are … [Read more...] about When Authenticity Feels Awkward
life
In which I tell my hard truth about anxiety so you can tell yours
I sit in the medical office, just a routine visit, I’m fine- really, and she begins to check off my medical history: Heart surgery: No; Smoke: No; Drink: Well, I do need a glass of wine every now and then because of the wild and crazy babies, does that count?; and on and on we go. “Any health … [Read more...] about In which I tell my hard truth about anxiety so you can tell yours
raising girls in a victoria’s secret world
We went into Victoria’s Secret the other day, my three girls and I. I never thought I would bring them there but this day, I had to. The younger two are in a double stroller and Brennan, my five-year-old, beside me. I had ordered two bras online and neither of them fit so we had to actually go … [Read more...] about raising girls in a victoria’s secret world
when you feel like life is too hard
We sat down on the couch at 8:30am on a Sunday morning, there were some things we needed to talk about. So with the baby already down for a nap and the other two in the other room, he and I sat on the couch to talk about his upcoming trip for work. Work trips used to be to conferences, squeezing … [Read more...] about when you feel like life is too hard
dear kindergarten mamas
Our babies were wrinkled and tiny and new and now they’re not. Our babies were little and dependent and ours and now they aren’t. We don’t know when it changed, all we know is that it did. It’s like the plane engine humming throughout a flight yet you only realize how loud it was in the air … [Read more...] about dear kindergarten mamas
when women wear bikinis
This body of mine has grown and stretched big to make room for these babies of ours. This body has proven its strength, its gentleness, its wild intensity, its resourcefulness as it carries me through each and every day. It has taken care of me and taken care of us and has not let me down, not a … [Read more...] about when women wear bikinis