Relationships

Do you go out once a year, on Valentine's Day?  If it wasn't for Valentine's Day my husband and I might not have gone out on a date.  But here we are after relationship coaching...  It was a Wednesday night. My husband...

Our Dog, Our World When we started telling people we were pregnant, one of the most common reactions we got was: “Jim is in for a rude awakening!” For two years, Jim, our dog, was our everything. Our sweet, feisty...

Winter Break is almost here! Do you usually want to ship your kids back to school (and your partner back to work or back downstairs!) by day three? With a little intentional planning beforehand, you can make your time...

Grief. It's a part of life, but one that I can't help but notice becoming more complex the older I become.  It's not just sadness anymore.  It's layers and layers of emotions from a lifetime of interactions.  It's the...

Happy Father’s Day, Happy 12 Year Anniversary: A thank you letter to my husband Matt, Our life is hectic and chaotic and messy and moves a million miles a minute. It’s also perfect and wonderful and hilarious, and truly so...

I was reading an article written by another blogger on a mom’s blog in a different city. She described her experience of being sexually assaulted by someone out in the community (a massage therapist) who touched her inappropriately. She...

Confession:  I feel like an old mom.  Okay, maybe that’s not entirely accurate.  I FEEL like a 25-year-old.  But I’ll just say it: this month I turned 39.  Which means I’ve begun the countdown to 40.  When it comes...

My four young children (well, at least three of them) consider visiting my office as exciting as going to a park. There is some value to working on the 33rd floor of a downtown high-rise, but I think there’s...

I was told before I had my own children, that you should use the correct terminology when educating your offspring about their body parts. This knowledge was shared with me from both my pediatrician and a child psychologist. Well, after...

  Dear Mom, Each year as we near Mother’s Day, I find myself reflecting on my mother as well as my five short years with the same title. Every time I journey down this thought process, I find myself thinking about...