Thanks for the Joy, Indiana Hoosiers
There are many amazing things that could be said about Indiana University winning the College Football Playoff National Championship. But…
Continue ReadingA Gift for Mom! 🤍
There are many amazing things that could be said about Indiana University winning the College Football Playoff National Championship. But…
Continue ReadingEntering my date of birth online now feels like I am a contestant spinning the wheel on Wheel of Fortune,…
Continue ReadingI stood in the airport. Outside the window was the plane that would take me home—a place and a scene…
Continue ReadingI’m a bad teacher. I’m not trying to belittle myself here. But it’s true. I will leave work every day…
Continue ReadingI love this recent picture of me with my husband and two of my kids...it also makes me feel a…
Continue ReadingI never thought I would expand my group of friends in my mid-30s and 40s. As an introvert, I wasn’t…
Continue ReadingThe CDC quietly changed its stance on autism and vaccines recently, saying, “studies supporting a link have been ignored by…
Continue ReadingA mother’s mental load can be so overwhelming. The to-do list is never-ending. Booking the appointments, packing the backpacks, planning…
Continue ReadingJanuary always feels a little strange, doesn’t it? The lights come down.The wrapping paper is long gone.The calendar turns a…
Continue ReadingWith budgets tightening and underconsumption becoming the quiet trend we all need, many are learning to embrace what’s free. Whether…
Continue Reading“Mama, it hurts,” she said, pounding one tiny fist against her chest and the other to her forehead. I sighed,…
Continue ReadingWhen 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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