How My Grandmother’s Cancer Diagnosis Taught Me the Power of Being Present
There is so much power, so much unknown healing, in just sitting with someone in all of life’s hurt and confusion and just being.
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DockATot Offers The Best Baby Lounger for the Minimalist Mom
DockaTot offers mama and baby the quality and comfort they’ve been missing.
Why Love With Walls Isn’t Real Love
We are not protecting ourselves when we don’t let the people who love us in. We are only protecting our pain.
Interdependence Versus Codependency: Why The Difference Matters
We were never meant to find ourselves in the eyes of someone else.
The Generations of Women Who Built Me
I am who I am because of the mothers in my life who have allowed me to fail and return to their love every time.
Hard Conversations at the Dinner Table
Lost Argument My parents are over for dinner, and I bring up immigration. A glass of wine and a year of therapy have made me bold enough to ask with…
For The Lives Lost to COVID-19
I find comfort in knowing that they are all still here with me, helping to guide the way.
What My Husband Has Taught Me About Fatherhood
He is teaching me to expect so much more from dads because they are invaluable.
The Man Who Taught Me It’s Good to Cry
My dad allowed me to see faults, showed me how to care and taught me to be human.
To the Woman Whose Mother Daughter Relationship Is Complicated
Sweet friend, I see you. Mother’s Day rolls around every year. While for most of the country, this a day of flowers, bottomless brunches and showering the mother figure in…
A Mom’s Perspective on Homeschool and Quarantine With Kids
I think we all cried the first day. The chaos of the whole COVID-19 pandemic felt like it was being funneled into the tiny details of long division and failed…
