Motherhood is beautiful & really messy. Messy emotions, physical changes to yourself and your home. Messy schedules and conversations setting boundaries, making decisions, and creating spaces for your child/children to bloom. Motherhood is nothing about you, but but everything about you. It’s figuring it out and then tossing it all…

Teaching moments. They are everywhere and obvious with children. But they are also laced throughout our lives as adults. Over two years ago I was reading a Dr Seuss book to Hazel (my oldest, then 1 year old) and I got a sick feeling in my stomach. I felt like…

In May I had three back to back losses. Gratefully they weren’t COVID related deaths, but they were personal and happened during isolation and quarantining for coronavirus. That distance from my friends and support network made it challenging. We lost my Great Uncle Tom who reached his centennial birthday in…

AND OTHER THINGS I’VE BEEN TOO BUSY TO DO Today was amazing. Seriously amazing. Nothing profound occurred to the sight of the rest of the world, but my soul was settled enough to experience the people around me. After a quick, surprise phone call with a dear friend and old…

LIFE UPDATE FROM THE UNEMPLOYED THAT IS WORKING (OUT) One month off work and I am KILL.ING.IT. I have learned so many skills in one months time. Truly I never realized I am good at sooo many things: Killing spiders Doing laundry Cleaning showers & toilets (pick your jaw off…

AND OTHER LIES I HAVE BELIEVED. — It’s been one week since I left my job and two weeks since I was attacked by a homeless man. Yeah, two weeks ago I was assaulted by a homeless man who was on a drug binge. I actually had to look up the definition of assault to figure out…

GOODBYE SOULPANCAKE. HELLO HUSBAND. When I exchanged my marriage vows, I pledged to love, honor, and cherish my husband all of the days of our life. I find the loving and cherishing part easy — I adore Travis and my world comes alive when we are together. Expressions of love…