Category: Life Lately

It’s Monday, and I’m sitting in the emergency room with my eldest daughter. What a way to start the week. I had been getting ready to take the littlest one to the playground when Abigail messaged that she had been throwing up all morning and her whole body hurt. My first question was, “Did you…

It’s raining today, and there are plenty of things I should probably be doing. Instead, I’m sitting here building a financial-readiness spreadsheet while Evelyn watches A Bug’s Life in the living room. Nothing ties my chest up quite like money talks, so naturally I decided the best way to spend a rainy afternoon was by…

Last week, we talked about how women slowly hand themselves away. I’ve been thinking about that conversation ever since, mostly because it forced me to admit something I hadn’t really said out loud before. I’m in this strange season of trying to figure out what’s next for me. No one has put a deadline on…

Danielle apologized to me all week. She apologized when her youngest needed her attention. She apologized when I grabbed a stroller or carried a bag. She thanked me for being patient with her kids, for helping without being asked, for making the trip easier. By the third day, I found myself saying the same thing…

I was driving around last week with donations in my back seat because isn’t that what we do? We gather the things, we put them in the car where we’ll see them and remember to drop them off — but first they need a little adventure. So there I was, running errands in the most…

It started with an AI interview. I had applied for what I thought was a writing position. Something that made sense for where I am right now — building a blog, creating content, showing up every week with words that matter to someone. Instead I found myself sitting in front of a proctored screen being…

I always go into vacation a little flustered. The packing anxiety. The mental checklist that never fully empties. The quiet worry that I’ve forgotten something important enough to matter. When someone asks “what do you want to get accomplished tomorrow?” on vacation, my internal answer is always the same: survive. That’s it. That’s the whole…

My period showed up this week on what would have been day 43. I was talking to Nick about her late arrival and started laughing, because honestly, what else can you do? When you’re younger, a period is a rite of passage — you run toward it, through it, around it. It’s just part of…

We try before we cry. It’s something I started saying to Evelyn to help her regulate. Toddlers go straight to crying before they’ve even attempted the thing — the jacket zipper, the puzzle piece, the cup that’s too full. But once they calm down and actually try, they do it. Every time. Without even realizing…

We have been in the birthday run since May. With this many kids there is bound to be a stretch where it’s birthday after birthday — ours goes May 20, June 6, June 16, July 12, and July 25. We get a break until December. When you have four biological children, two bonus kids, and…