Add me on Goodreads here! One of the things I missed during the early, sleep-deprived days of being a new mom was READING! I was an English major and have always been a voracious reader. My most favorite days in school were when those little Scholastic flyer-booklets would be passed out. Nothing smelled better to … Continue reading
Every time I tell a mom I’m interacting with that I have a two year-old and that it’s been difficult lately, she says, “Hang in there but please enjoy it.” Some moms tell me they just sent their youngest babies to college; others have surly teenagers who are driving them up a wall. So I’ve … Continue reading
The sun is hot. The sun is yellow. The yellow sun is over the house. “It is hot out here in the sun.” “It is not hot here under the house.” –Go Dog Go, by PD Eastman (It was my favorite book, and now it is V’s as well.) I love summer. It’s my favorite … Continue reading
I can’t believe it’s already been a week since I went to Purpose & Practice. What is P&P? Well, it’s a personal development retreat/yoga + meditation experience/purpose-definining, persona-changing, uplifting weekend of connection. Put on by lululemon, including airfare, food, and accommodations. For free. I’ve been working for lululemon for six years and I am still … Continue reading
When C and I first dated over ten years ago, we joked about getting married and one day having a baby girl named Violet. That was all innocent flirting then, but now all of it has actually come to pass. Except that the baby is gone, and I have a toddler instead! Where did the … Continue reading
Our little girl Violet was lifted into the world three weeks ago yesterday, on July 22nd, 2016. I say “lifted” because she was a c-section birth. A friend told me the story of her daughter’s c-section by sharing that the nurse had said, “Some babies need to be lifted into this world rather than … Continue reading
Sounds like a vacation package, right? Nope. It’s the time left until our baby is born. (EEK!) A lot has happened since I blogged about being in the third trimester. We found out some potentially alarming news about six weeks ago that our baby wasn’t growing as she should, and that she may have something called … Continue reading
I love the above quote because it is true. It’s all the advice I read when I was struggling, and in the end, it was the only thing that worked. Trying to manifest things back failed. Making a love altar in the northeast corner of my apartment failed. Even crying for weeks in a therapist’s office … Continue reading
I’ll unashamedly admit that when I heard the term “babymoon” for the first time, I thought it was really dumb. I think we try to celebrate EVERYTHING in our culture sometimes (“First trip to the movies as an engaged couple!” is an actual Instagram post I saw a couple of weeks ago) and sometimes, I … Continue reading
You wanna know what forces you into living smaller + slower? Growing a human being! I am an energetic person, who, if you give me my 7-8 hours of sleep, likes to go-go-go until the last moment. (You guys, I write this blog to remind ME to slow down just as much as I do it for … Continue reading
small life, slow life 