This morning, with my kids tucked safely away playing in their rooms with some Legos, I took some time to sit outside on my deck, coffee cup in hand and an actual, real, physical notebook (gasp!) to do something that I’ve been meaning to do for a very long time: I wrote out all of…
There’s No Such Thing As a Perfect Pregnancy
You know what? I’m just going to tell you the truth: there is such a thing as a perfect pregnancy. The perfect pregnancy exists, all right. It just so happens to live online and online only. In the carefully-curated, beautifully-edited world of Facebook and Instagram, pregnancy is definitely perfect. But in real life? Pregnancy looks…
Smoking During Pregnancy Is Now Linked to Hearing Loss
A new study has found that tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy and during infancy is linked to hearing loss in children. While most of us know that smoking during pregnancy carries serious risks with it, including a low birth weight, premature delivery, and respiratory problems with the baby, it is clear that even with all…
My Goals For The Rest of Summer + Being in a Waiting Season
I just went to check my latest goal list that I had made for 2018 in order to check my goal setting progress and I instantly felt like someone had sucker punched me. Because I remember writing my 2018 goal post with a very different type of announcement and saving it in my drafts folder,…
4 Ways To Reset Your Day When All You Want To Do Is Run Away
We’ve all been there. The days when you wake up and hate motherhood. The days your kids can sense your bad mood and decide to act out even more. The days you just want to start over. But what if you can? I’m not saying I’m a mothering guru by any means, of course, but…
I Never Fully Experienced Adulthood Before Motherhood
While chatting with a friend who is due to give birth to her first baby, she confessed that she is a little nervous about welcoming her little one after having so much time to herself. Unlike me, who had four kids by the time I was 28, this friend did things a bit more responsibly…
It’s Time To Start Thinking Christmas in July!
Thank you to @basicinvite for sponsoring this post! Yes, you read that correctly. I did just drop the “C” word: Christmas. But we are in the middle of summer! you might be protesting. But I am still spending my days slathering my children in sunscreen! you are sputtering. But I barely am recovered from the…
New Study Finds a Very Simple Remedy for Pregnancy Loss
If you’ve ever experienced a pregnancy loss, you know how hard it can be to search for answers about why the loss happened. Some women might be able to find out why a loss occurred, from medical conditions to genetic issues with the embryo, but other women may never get the answers that they hope…
How I Survived My Business Setback
If you own a business, work for yourself or are an entrepreneur, one thing is for certain: You will encounter a low. It can be devastating financially and emotionally. Even tougher to swallow is that businesses are more likely to fail in their fifth year than their first, suggesting that even if you make it…
We Need to Stop Thinking We Have to “Do It All”
When I found out that I was pregnant at the start of my senior year of college, precisely two things went through my mind: 1.) Oh, crap. and 2.) Did I just ruin my life? Immediately, visions of everything I had planned for my life flashed before me, from the study abroad semester in Italy…