This past weekend, we did a big huge thing. Here are some highlights. From Instagram: Our time together over the past week was a beautiful yet delicate balance between extremes; celebration and sadness, order and chaos, anticipation and grief. I'm proud of us, as a family...
This is my daughter. Happy. Funny. Fun. Authentic. Effervescent. I can't tell you how it does my heart good to see her truest self shining through in this moment, captured by one of her best friends. It inspired me to write this list of wishes...
Is there a right way to share big, emotional, life-changing news? A way to balance revealing the raw and real personal parts of an experience with respectful discretion? A way to be heard and not misunderstood? A way to be seen without judgement? A way to express the...
It goes without saying; all of us are struggling in our own ways right now. With worry and fear at the forefront of our daily lives, it’s critical we incorporate more of the things that can help calm our nerves and settle our nervous systems....
Dear Parents of Teens, Right now, you have a huge opportunity (dare I say responsibility) to connect with your teenager. The rug is being pulled out from under them on every level, in every aspect of their lives. Their daily routines, as they have always known them,...
I haven’t yet perfected the art of posting in real time, even on Instagram. It’s not until hours or even days after the fact that I can even try to articulate an experience, in pictures and/or words. I have to sit, think, reflect, ponder, and...
I can hardly believe I'm writing this but, my oldest daughter will be graduating from college in a few weeks. Believe it or not, the years long process (yes, years!) of college planning and the pain of the letting go are still so fresh in...
There’s a lot of talk these days about raising strong girls. As a mother of 2 daughters, I’m doing my best to walk my own talk every single day. That said, I’m confident that anyone doing the same would agree, it has its challenges. When...
[caption id="attachment_5884" align="alignright" width="800"] January 2012 : Jumping for joy on the steps of the Supreme Court because The Supreme Court![/caption] I’m not sure I ever wrote in detail about what happened in the streets of Washington DC six years ago while standing in front of...
It’s easy, even second nature for us to document the big milestones of our lives and the lives of our children. Especially the celebratory ones. The ones that you watch and wait for; first steps, first day of school, birthdays, graduations, leaving for college (oof!)....