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The finish line is in sight for this writer. I set out on a journey to craft an emotional novel in September of 2022 after a year of dreaming and planning. It took just shy of a year to draft my first edition. At that point, I thought, "Whew, that was tough. But at least I'm done." If only I knew then what I know now. Writing that first copy was the easy part. Then came the months of re-reading, making edits, and submitting it for a developmental edit. I was beyond terrified

It seems like eons since I’ve written. And to a point, that may be true. For the past 2+ years, I’ve been slowly working away on a novel,...

A little over a year ago, I set out to do something new. As a teenager, I was a prolific writer of short stories, poems, and essays. You...

Although these past few months, I have had trouble keeping up with my monthly blog posts, rest assured, I have been writing. I’ve...

“Son, I can promise you a dinosaur did NOT poop in your car.” I never thought I’d have to utter this phrase, but two-year-olds are...

After starting the year off on a positive note, the month of February really got away from me. Our family has been slammed with all kinds...

Sometimes we take for granted the things around us. We get busy with life and don’t sweep up the messes on the floor, fix that leaky...

While my days of wrangling “two under two” are officially over, the chaos is far from it. My oldest is celebrating his second birthday...

‘Tis the season for gratitude and recently my cup has been running over. I can’t count all the ways my family has been blessed but let me...

Sometimes a single moment can hit like a ton of bricks. One such occurrence happened recently while enjoying one of my favorite Netflix shows. as a history of infertility with multiple miscarriages. The most recent season finds her happily expecting a little girl with her new partner when tragedy strikes again. In a scene I understand well, she stares at an ultrasound image searching for a fetus that isn’t there, listening for a heartbeat that no longer sounds. That vivid dep

I am hesitant to say that I am hitting my stride with the whole parenting two under two thing. So, allow me to find some wood to knock...

The weight of a toddler varies, depending on several environmental factors. This variance in mass can occur in a single day, believe it...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what we leave behind. What kind of legacy will follow us? I feel like the passing of time becomes...

I recently celebrated my work anniversary at Daycos and, let me tell you, it has been one heck of a year. Between the career change,...

It has been rather hectic in our household since my second son arrived nearly a month ago. We’ve been living on an endless cycle of pumping, washing bottles, feeding kiddos, and changing diapers. Rinse, lather, repeat. Pair a gassy, fussy newborn with a teething toddler and you have a recipe for exhaustion. Although my physical postpartum recovery has been relatively easy, we have had a new set of issues this time around. From a case of mastitis for mom and a frenectomy for b

Things are getting real for me as I near my delivery date with baby number two. I have admittedly been a bit high strung as the nesting...

My husband and I were just talking the other day about how much our relationship has changed over time. In the beginning you get the...

Ready, set, go. Just like that, our baby turned into a full-blown toddler. He went from crawling and cruising to meandering around the...

December has been a month of firsts for our little man. He had his first haircut, first time meeting Santa, first Christmas Eve church...

As a mom, it is so easy to get overwhelmed. As a pregnant mom with a willful almost 1-year-old, overwhelmed is a near-constant state....