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I’m Glad You Showed Up

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…

#hotmessmom It’s my favorite hashtag. It’s all-encompassing. It tells the whole story. Late for gymnastics? Hot mess. Burned grilled…

Hello, tired mother. I see you there. If I could sit with you over coffee or tea or wine, I’d lean in and listen to you talk about your kids.…

Oh, Momma, so it’s been one of “those days” and it’s only 9:30 in the morning? Your little darlings were up before the sun had a…