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To the Mom Who Got Out of Bed Today, I’m Proud of You

To the mom who got out of bed today: I know you’re tired. I know you could have laid there all day if you had the chance. Instead, you put your…

Sometimes it’s hard for me to fully function as an adult. I try, y’all. I really do, and I do a mostly decent job of pulling it off. No, I…

The string quartet began playing Pachelbel, as my dad and I took our first steps down the aisle. I began to lose my composure as we proceeded to the…

I played basketball one year in high school. For some reason we practiced in the morning before school, and one morning I was late by about 20…

Living in DC means taking cabs. My husband, Shawn, and I took plenty of cabs for the 13 years we lived in DC together, and he always loved…

Until this year, I had never experienced a miscarriage firsthand. Prior to walking through it myself, I remember wanting so badly to be there for my…

We chatted happily as we drove along, the radio playing in the background, the dresser and changing table for our soon-to-be-born baby securely…

It is counterintuitive that chaos would bring order, but that is exactly what working from home has done for me. I know, I know. Kids are…

It is March and with the change in daylight and the daffodils also comes the movie version of A Wrinkle in Time. Full disclosure: I would watch…

A friend and I were joking recently about the things we used to say, before kids, or when our firsts were just babies. No screens until age…