In my world recently, a few inevitable events, tinged with some element of the miraculous, have occurred. For Lionel, inevitability struck this past week with the loss of his first baby tooth, a feat that, to his seven-year-old impatient self, probably seemed impossible. As ages five and six ... READ the POST
…about friendships as an adult.
A colleague shared with me recently that she finds it invaluable to have female friends - who are also married, working mamas - to lean on and to normalize the seemingly-trivial-but-not-at-all crises of the elusive work/life balance that we all are so {un}successfully trying to achieve. Reader, ... READ the POST
…about what’s on my mind.
Of all of the issues that are at stake in the upcoming presidential election, I have determined which two are fundamental for me, upon which I will cast my vote. I, like many Americans, am horrified by what I see and hear and read about migrant children and their families at our nation's borders. I ... READ the POST
…about what’s on my heart.
Have you ever desired for life to remain exactly the same, yet yearned, simultaneously, for more? For some addition, or, on rarer days, a teensy bit of multiplication? My oldest son is now seven years old, a fact that makes me shudder and lift my praise hands, two opposite reactions that, I'm ... READ the POST
…about my new job.
Nearly six years ago, I wrote this to Lionel, our oldest son, on the eve of what I've commonly referred to as my Big Girl Job: I know that even as I begin this new adventure tomorrow that I'll be a little bit heartsick for my days with my Sweet Boy. And I think that's okay - to feel heartsick, ... READ the POST
…about the enneagram.
A few weeks ago, I shared on Instagram that I had completed an Enneagram assessment online, and that it revealed that I was a Type One. Here's a brief summary of a Type One, as taken from the website above, where I completed my first quiz: People of this personality type are essentially ... READ the POST