I’m in My 40s and I’m Utterly Exhausted
It’s 2024, and I just turned 41, and I feel like I’m permanently stuck in a hamster wheel. I’m a working mom of four kids reading…
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The Baby I Held is Battling Addiction and I’ll Never Stop Loving Her
A simple text came today: She was arrested in court. Five words that have the power to change a life forever. As her mother, I never wanted this path…
Continue ReadingThis Middle Love
I look at you, and I can’t really remember our beginning anymore. That exciting, bubbly feeling that accompanied our firsts in everything has faded…
Continue ReadingRaising a Deaf Child is Transformative
My two-and-a-half-year-old stumbles and falls, instinctively signing “momma” in American Sign Language, tears streaming down his cheeks…
Continue Reading“Mama, What’s Hope?”
“Mama, what’s hope?” my 5-year-old asked when we reached the end of his favorite book. Well, less of a book and more of a primer. There isn’t…
Continue ReadingSame Initial Sibset? Yes We Did.
Taking a cue from the Kardashians (Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Kendall, and Kylie), and the Duggars (Josh, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph,…
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Let the Grandparents Overdo It
A while ago, a heavy barstool fell on my daughter’s toes. We were up late icing and elevating. I texted my mom a picture of her foot the next…
Continue ReadingFrom Party Girl to Mom: Why I Quit Alcohol
In my 20s I was the party queen. I just lived for an epic social life. Then I had my first son and my social scene changed. The dive bars turned into…
Continue ReadingBe the Friend Who Meets You In Your Mess
Be the friend who doesn’t look at the baseboards, the friend who overlooks the dirt. Be the friend who comes to sit and chat at a messy counter…
Continue ReadingA Funeral, a Baby, and Whispers of Love
I woke up and saw a missed call from the hospital. I called her room, no answer. I called the front desk and was immediately transferred to the…
Continue ReadingYou Are Someone’s Beautiful
It’s 10:45 p.m. For the first time since I “put my face on” this morning, I stood staring back at myself in the mirror. I poked at my eyes and…
Continue ReadingDo They Notice My Self-Doubt as a Working Mom?
At the office, I forget yet another small detail. Later, I am asked a simple question, something I should know the answer to, and I respond with “I…
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