Last year before Christmas there was a Groupon for a company that would send a box each month with a date night inside. With a one year old and another baby on the way, I thought that sounded like...
After a long day of feeling like you've taken care of the entire world and as your sanity is getting ready to bust at the sound of one more person saying your name or in your face...
It becomes hard...
I use the word "friend" a lot more loosely than many, I think. If we've run in the same circles in the past or maybe we grabbed drinks once, I consider you my friend. Maybe we've lost touch because...
Welcome to part 2 of my Africa Series and for reading about how being pregnant in Africa continues to teach me about motherhood. Prior to living in Kenya, I had heard the phrase, “It takes a village to raise a...
In his book Love Does, Bob Goff states that “love is never stationary in the end. Love doesn’t just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it. Simply put: love does!”. I believe this is SO true when...
Maybe you saw it coming, maybe you were completely shocked. Either way, breaking up is hard to do.
I spent six months with what I believed to be the love of my life – we got engaged and it didn’t...
Oxford dictionary defines empathy as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. To me, empathy means you have to put yourself in the other person’s shoes. Not looking from far away and feeling sorry for them, but...
Yes, I know what you're thinking. This quarantine and generalized lockdown have made me lose my mind. Maybe so, but during this time of increased awareness of my surroundings and the safety of my family, I am overwhelmed with...
I am a mom.
I am also tired, irritable, sore, over-committed, tired, sometimes anxious and depressed, often out-of sorts, overwhelmed - and did I mention tired?
But, as I stated above, I am a mom and by all accounts these are...
As 2018 ended and a new year began, I can't help but be reminded how "unconventionally" lucky I am.
No, I don't have a bank account overflowing with money. I don't own a house yet or have a fancy new...
In + Around Cincinnati
Cincinnati Spring Break Staycation {Oh, the Places We’ll Go}
This year for spring break, we are planning on staying home, minus a weekend at the in-laws' to celebrate Easter. We are looking forward...
