"Look mom!" my two-year-old declared. "Paw patrol tower!" He pointed to his latest creation: a very tall stack of duplos, complete with what he said was a "slide" at the top. It was not, in fact, a slide, but more Duplos. (Affiliate links included). His creativity astounded me and almost convinced me that he didn't need a Paw Patrol tower for Christmas (but his obsession has been so long … [Read more...]
Mom Burnout is Real, and Self Care Isn’t the Answer
If you’ve been following my blog, or my social media accounts for any length of time this might come as a surprise. As much as I’m a proponent of self care, I don’t think its the cure all for what I hear so many moms going through, what I myself have gone through, and what we need to be talking more about: mom burnout. It’s real. It’s hard. So, so, so hard. And I want you to know, that if you’re … [Read more...]
Teaching Our Kids About Body Autonomy
My young children are still learning how to use their words to express how they feel. Often times they’ll simply react with a hit or a push when they get angry, rather than explaining to the other why they're upset. When that happens, I have a phrase I often repeat: “If we don’t talk about it, nothing will change.” I’ve been thinking about that statement lately as National Sexual Assault … [Read more...]
Letter to my Daughter as She Starts at a New Preschool
Oh my sweet girl, you amaze and impress me every day… but especially today, the day you started a new preschool. You attended PreK last year too when we lived in the city, but this felt different. Today felt bigger. It felt more momentous, in big part because you’re now going five days a week and because I drop you off at the curb. (I seriously had a moment of… how can I just hand you off to a … [Read more...]
The Courage to be Vulnerable: Book Review of ‘Daring Greatly’ by Brene Brown
I’m going to get vulnerable here… and this is new for me. I feel like I’ve always been concerned with how other people perceived me. I always worried that I was too awkward and too weird. Or maybe too quiet. Or that I never knew what to say. In turn, I never felt “good enough.” It’s something I’ve been working on for awhile, basically ever since I’ve had kids, because I saw (and see on a daily … [Read more...]
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