There is a fine line between comforting and coddling your child when something goes wrong. Last year we met up with some of my family to eat at a nice restaurant that opened a couple of towns away. My family…
Ut-oh this post title itself is going to piss people off! But here we go, because I have no filter and this topic, I am super passionate about…(and let me clarify, chicken nuggets are almost an analogy here – they…
I feel like I have been using the phrase “Girl Boss” for at least 15 years. I have always seen the phrase marketed to career women. Entrepreneurs. Women that took over men’s roles in the workplace. I never ever remember…
I’ll never forget the day I heard this line in an advertisement for a podcast episode. It was for an Australian podcast, and sometimes when I hear people speaking with an accent – I hear exactly what they are saying…
As I am being wheeled to the OR, the anesthesiologist is running alongside of my bed firing rapid questions at me like a scene out of Grey’s Anatomy. Time was of the essence, and he was doing the best he…
After learning the horrific details of why my OBGYN was banned from delivering in any hospital, I made peace with the fact that no other doctor would take me in for care since I was due in a couple of…
Trigger warning: this was extremely hard to write and will be hard to read, but I know this needs to be shared as it could save a life… When I found out I was pregnant, I was a patient of…
I love being a mom & still can’t believe it (I NEVER wanted to have kids!) If you know me, like REALLY know me, you’d be as shocked as I am sometimes that I am a mom! Last week I was at our local fish market and ran into an attorney I used to work with. “Can you believe this is my gorgeous offspring?” I asked. (half asking myself)
Navigating motherhood is WILD! It changes your entire life in a moment, and yet life doesn’t stop or slow down for you to adjust. As women, we are handed the most important role in life, however, most of us don’t have a large tribe or support system. And when they say, “it takes a village,” I personally feel like that village was meant more to help mom on her journey from woman to mother.
