Perhaps the biggest obstacle we encountered after our wedding was this. We were married. And guess what? GETTING married was way more fun than BEING married. Because, you guys, it turned out that being married was work. And he never went home, because he was home. And my money was his money and his money […]
Do you curse social media? Do you scroll it daily, but I bitch, whine, and mutter under your breath while you do it? Do you log in to catch up with family or friends, but inevitably get sucked into the drama, ignorance, manipulations, politics, and meanness sprinkled through your feed? Enough is enough! Even if […]
I don’t remember everything I’ve ever done, but some things I’ll never forget. I remember I dressed my daughters in their Halloween costumes. Alex was a bumble bee and Emma was a cat. I remember perfectly timing their tube feedings and medications so I could take them to the fall festival at their preschool. I […]
It’s scary right? Letting someone in so close that they might see the real you? Wouldn’t it be easier to keep everyone at arm’s length, close enough that your lives touch, but never weave together? Wouldn’t it be easier to convince everyone that you are already the person you want to be if you never […]
Every year I tiptoe the line between not wanting to be the girl that gushes about her wedding anniversary on social media and totally wanting to be the girl that gushes about her wedding anniversary on social media. My hesitation is in stepping into the ring of comparison, because marriage is hard enough without comparing […]
