Penelope’s preschool teacher walked her to my car at pickup, and I could immediately sense something was off. “I bet you’re wondering why Penelope is wearing different pants,”...

I’ve been going through a period of anxiety. I’ll get to that more in another post, I swear, but for the time being, I want to share something...

I distinctly remember a day when I was little, about seven years old. It was just after dusk and I was staring up at the stars, when a...

Every year I’ve cooked a turkey (beginning in 2012), I’ve ordered it directly from the farm. I pick it up myself from the farm the Tuesday before Thanksgiving....

This has been a crazy week. I hesitate to even type that because with my luck the universe will read those words and be like Oh yeah? I’ll...

“The cow runs away from the storm while the buffalo charges directly toward it — and gets through it quicker.” ~Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the...

(photo credit: brother-in-law, Dave) The text message came from my sister-in-law. The message simply read: “How’s your soul?” Between kids and busy lives, we don’t get to talk that...

How many times have you said to yourself, when thinking back on all of the crazy you experienced growing up: how the heck did I make it this far...

Recently we were at a party where there were lots of kids which prompted what I believe was a lesson in people. I was chatting with another mom,...

Some days I wind up talking so much to my kids and answering all of the endless questions that I just don’t want to listen to myself anymore. I’m an...