Rebuilding from the Rubble: A Single Mom’s Love Story (Sort of)
When people ask how I’m doing, I’ve started saying, “We’re thriving… in a chaotic, heavily-caffeinated, emotionally-unraveling kind of way.” It’s…
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When people ask how I’m doing, I’ve started saying, “We’re thriving… in a chaotic, heavily-caffeinated, emotionally-unraveling kind of way.” It’s…
Continue ReadingThe first time my daughter told me to delete a photo, she was 10 years old. I had just posted…
Continue ReadingMy daughter’s preschool graduation is coming up, and I am a puddle. Before I had kids, I thought this ceremony…
Continue ReadingWhen you are divorced, one of the hardest kinds of loneliness as a mother is being without your children for…
Continue ReadingWe might not have the newest electronics. Our kids might have to work to earn that electric scooter. We might…
Continue ReadingNow that I’m older, my head is understandably full of memories and wish-i-could-go-backs, and I sadly realize that I spent…
Continue ReadingWhen you cry, I cry with you When you stumble, I stumble with you. Every hurt you carry, every fear,…
Continue ReadingThere’s a kind of exhaustion sleep can’t fix. The kind that builds quietly from being needed all the time. It’s…
Continue ReadingTo all the non-festive moms out there: I see you. It’s hard to find you among a sea of holiday…
Continue Reading“Just wait—before you know it, they’ll be all grown up!” I heard this countless times when my three children were…
Continue ReadingAs I've gotten older, I've come to realize my mom was the true magic of Christmas. Throughout my childhood, she…
Continue ReadingI do not understand how people can get through life without coffee. For me, it is fuel, it gives me…
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