Tag: motherhood
Why Open Adoption?
On Tuesday nights you can find me in front of the television watching the new hit show on NBC, This Is Us. An emotional...
Adoption After Infertility: Adoption is Not Giving Up
My husband and I had been trying to conceive for about a year and a half. Eventually we decided to seek medical advice, which...
I’m an Indecisive Mom
Hospital or home birth?
In-home nanny or daycare?
A firm “no” or redirection?
Superman or Monster pajamas?
Public or private or homeschool?
If you stop to consider all the...
Motherhood Now And Then: An Interview with my Mom
You know the saying "keep calm and call your mom"? Well that's pretty much my motto in life. From discipline advice, to newborn diaper interpretation,...
Mom, I Get It Now
I distinctly remember the moment. I was lying on the floor of my son’s nursery. He was going on hour four of non-stop crying, and I...
Bloom Where You Are Planted
As I often tell my offspring, life isn’t always fair, and it often doesn’t go the way we want/expect it to go.
To my kids,...
How Not to Suck at Friendship
One thing I'm trying to work on this year is being a better friend. As a mom who works full time and also writes...
The Beauty in Surviving
Do you know what continues to surprise me—shock me at times, even—about motherhood?
How much of my time is spent just making it. Simply navigating...
Surviving My First Year of Motherhood
First birthdays are important and momentous. It's the ending of the baby phrase and the beginning of toddlerhood. It's the time where major milestones...
Cherishing the Littlest Moments in the Midst of a Big, Busy...
The library books are overdue (again). Groceries are spilling out of plastic bags strewn across the kitchen counter. The checkbook needs to be balanced....
The Day I Became A Blubbering Mess
Growing up, I was not prone to crying. I'd get angry, but I didn't often cry. I think it drove my mom a little...
Passing on Maternity Clothes
Dear Friend,
Tonight I’m boxing up my maternity clothes one by one. It’s so crazy to think that just 12 short weeks ago these fit super...
A Case Against Foster Care
On January 12, 2010, many of us watched in horror the devastation that had shaken the country of Haiti as they experienced an earthquake...
I Know I’m a Good Mom… and So Are You
Motherhood is hard. Babies, in all their squishy glory, are tough. Raising tiny humans is exhausting and I know I'm oftentimes left wondering if I'm doing...
Sometimes, I Miss My Pre-Kid Life.
As I sit here typing, it's 8:45 p.m. My children have "been in bed" for 45 minutes. They are still awake. One is crying...
