Today friends, we’re going to get real. It’s time for my real home confession. I am not a home decor blogger. There are a ton of fabulous designers who’s homes I drool over online. My home will never be showcased in a magazine and I’ll never be “known” for having a gorgeous home. My home…
Today we’re giving away 4 tickets to Cirque du Soleil TORUK- The First Flight (read to the bottom to enter to win), but first I thought I’d share what Cirque means to Rob and I. When I think back to when The Hubs and I first started “dating”, I often tell friends “We never really…
People often ask me, “When do you write?” I know they want to know what time of day am I able to carve out hours at a computer to type up my column or blog post. They want to know if I wake up before the kids do, or stay up late past their bedtime…
I love fall; the air turns crisp, the kids head back to school and it feels like a great time to try new things and set new routines. I try hard to carve space in my life for alone and couple time. While I am excellent at making space for exercise (the junkie for sweat…
In a recent conversation about babies, I flashed back 8 years to the earliest months spent with my newborn son. Those days were precious, if drunkenly enjoyed on the nectar of way too little sleep. And for me, the earliest most sleep-deprived months were spent in a kind of washed ignorance. Postpartum Depression didn’t set…
5 Ways To Make Back To School Special Can someone please tell me where this summer has gone? I feel like it’s been a “blink and you’ll miss it” type of summer! I remember at the beginning of school vacation, worrying over keeping the kids occupied over the seemingly vast amount of school free days…
“How many of you have written in a journal?” I ask a group of 18 adults I have never seen before. A few of them raise their hands. “How about poetry? Have you written poems?” Some hands drop and a couple more shoot up. I nod, and inside me my excitement grows. Over the next…
Who doesn’t love it when you find something on the net that so accurately captures how you feel as a parent you are not only laughing out loud but nodding your head in agreement. We love parenting memes for that very reason: they are just so spot on for most of us! We thought we…
It’s funny what sticks out in your memory; seemingly trivial moments are often remembered with the greatest clarity. Two months into the most shocking emotion of my life, I remember standing at the window in my front hall. Snow was gracing the ground with fresh flakes of brilliant white and the sky was a deep…
Help! My kids drive me crazy at bedtime. When 7:30pm hits our household we begin the painful process of bedding three children down for the night. This involves asking, and then asking again, and then asking one more time if they will brush their teeth and get their jammies on. It involves saying, “No now…
One writer shares her story of the mental obstacles she had to overcome to live her most creative life. Editor’s Note: Life changes a lot when you have kids and it is entirely possible that some of the activities you love just fall away. Sometimes it is for lack of time, sometimes it is for…
Part of our Creative Voices Series – A Look at Loss and Miscarriage I have never felt so observed. Tilting my head to cry quietly into my husband’s shoulder as a sea of strange faces looked on. Lying cold on the hospital bed, while a woman, unknown to me, probed my womb. Confusion: After more than…