It’s here. The month I have been anticipating, dreading, fearing, and in some ways, longing for. I will be 50 this month.
I don’t feel 50. Just like the memes that say, “When I hear 30 years ago, I think...
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These are hard days in California and around the country. It can be hard to protect our kids from the tragedies and nightmares happening around us. How much of...
One major silver lining of the pandemic is the amount of time my family is getting to spend together.
Pre-COVID, my daughter and I woke up at 7:30 a.m. while my husband, who had finished work at midnight the night...
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Books
I was a bookworm when I was in grade school and college so I happen to appreciate traditional learning with books. Alas, not all books are created...
I recently wrote a personal essay about my family's experience with mental health. It focused on a sibling's schizophrenia and how the diagnosis has affected our family. As you can imagine writing a piece like this was an emotional...
My husband and I are so grateful that we have been gifted with two healthy, fantastic kids. We had no issues getting pregnant and had both our kids in the span of 19 months. A girl, then a boy....
The chase was intensifying. Two kindergarten boys (my son and a friend from school) were in pursuit of my four-year-old daughter with plastic lightsabers, while she sported a combination of Star Wars/Knight/Pirate attire and sprinted around our backyard.
Suddenly, a...
Last night, while having cocktails with a coworker, we talked about the trend of destination birthdays as the new way to celebrate turning 40-years-old. It’s an attractive idea, especially since turning 40 is on the horizon for me. However,...
Picking my daughter up from preschool the other day, the lead teacher tipped me off to a nickname my 3-year-old has earned among the faculty, most of whom also taught her older brother and sister. I had a split...