Whammy

The thing about pregnancy hormones is that they friggin’ WHAMMY you out of nowhere. One minute you’re all well and good, and then suddenly you’re crying so hard you can’t even manage to take in a full breath so you’re doing that weird stutter breathing thing you did as a kid when you couldn’t get …

Holy Week

My emotions (read: my sanity?) are all over the place these days. Anybody else? I was plenty emotional pre-pregnancy and pre-COVID, but y’all, it’s just next level now. One day, I’m feeling upbeat and positive – finding joy in all the little things, feeling extra grateful for everything (is there a better feeling in the …

Robots, Flying Cars, and Fighting for Love – Cheers to 2020

Tomorrow is the last day of the year. The last day of the decade. Then begins 2020.  (Side note, am I the only one who can’t say “2020” in their head without using a Barbara Walters impression?) I remember when we were kids and the year 2020 sounded like some futuristic time when we’d all …

Willing the Good of Another

This world could use a lot more empathy.  We all go through impossibly hard things. It looks different for everyone, but we all get touched in some way by loss, pain, suffering.  For one it’s divorce, for another death. For one it’s addiction, another cancer. For some it’s multiple things at once. For others, it’s …

Dance to New Music

I finished an absolutely beautiful and captivating book this week called Before We Were Yours. It’s painful and heartbreaking, especially when you learn that it’s all based on the true stories of hundreds of children who experienced a very dark childhood. But it’s also full of hope and a reminder of the power of love. …