I’ve always loved home. Growing up, I actually spent a fair amount of time outside the home: I attended public schools and was involved in multiple extracurriculars during the school year, and ...
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The Simple Things That Are Saving My Life This Winter
Charleston and I like to joke that we really love winter. . . at least, the part of winter that comes before Christmas. Unfortunately, the remaining 86 days are kind of a ...
Lately || January 2026
Only a month into the new year, and 2026 has made it pretty clear that she isn’t here to play. The headlines are heartbreaking, and while our family’s trials are no match ...
28 Strategies for Practicing Mindfulness and Presence
I took a nap with Nico this afternoon. That in itself is not unusual: Nico won’t nap alone, so the two of us lie down together on my bed nearly every afternoon ...
When You’ve Said What You Needed to Say
My grandmother (“Oma”) passed away just before Thanksgiving in 2023. If she were still alive, she would be turning 101 at the end of this month. I still miss her. But there ...
Charleston Michael || Eleven Years Old!
Dear Charleston, Happy birthday (a day early) to my eleven-year-old! I can scarcely believe it has been ELEVEN years since the happiest day of my life—the day you made me a mama. ...
Choosing to Be Present in 2026
A few days before Christmas, the five biggest members of our family formed an assembly line around our dining table to fill mason jars with a Nativity Snack Mix that would be ...
Lately || December 2025
How was your December? Ours was a whirlwind, and also wonderful (minus the whack-a-mole game we were playing with illness in our home all month). I’m recapping the month a day early ...
Two Thousand Twenty-Five: The Highlights!
I recently read that the week between Christmas and New Year’s has a name: Twixtmas! I hope that you are enjoying a lovely Twixtmas season. I always get sad once Christmas is ...
What I Learned in 2025
I’m going to go on record in saying that 2025 has been one of my favorite years of my adult life. It’s not that it was an easy year, far from it. ...