An Open Letter to the Woman Who Is About to Give Up

You’ve never been weak. You are strong. You’ve never been one to give into fear. You’ve always faced it head on. You’ve never been one to give up. You’ve always found a way through. And though it may not seem like it right now, you have people in your corner. Waiting for you to get […]

The Moment I Lost My Name

I don’t really know when it happened. And I don’t know how. But the moment I realized it, I died a little inside. My name is what has defined me for so long. And I feel lost without it.

Wiener Talk

Let’s face it. Moms aren’t good with wieners. (Well, I have to be kind of good, otherwise my husband and I would have never conceived a child.) But I’m talking about dealing with wieners. Ding Dongs. Whatever you want to call them. When it comes to girls, I can handle that stuff. With our daughter, […]

Five things you ALSO become when you become a daddy…

Okay ladies, let’s face it. We don’t give men enough credit. As much as my “super-mommy” brain doesn’t want to admit it, I have to. I’ve never had a real father figure. So I never really thought dads were all that important. The things I learned from my father showed me everything I didn’t want […]

Judgmental

She’s judgmental. She sits atop her pedestal staring down. Her eyes burn right through you. As if they can see through to your soul. She watches your every move, just waiting for you to misstep. And then she makes her next judgment. You can’t escape it. It’s like she’s so focused on you that she’s […]