Trigger Warning: Suicide
I’ve attempted suicide.
I had self-harming behaviors as a child. The first time I attempted suicide, I was about ten years old. I...
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? What did you enjoy doing? What kind of life...
Before I forget, I want to talk to you about “mommy brain.” And I want to do that before I forget what I have to...
It was the third and final dance competition of the season. My daughter was performing her first solo, a hip-hop number called Perm, a...
Hang in there mama, you are enough.
Some days the exhaustion and anxiety of not being enough just seem to envelop one’s soul.
But hang in...
When did my youngest become a preteen? Weren’t they only six years old the other day? They are graduating from elementary school this year,...
Eight weeks after I gave birth to my second child, a sudden feeling of warmth and the quick realization that I was bleeding through...
My daughter has a Holiday-a-Day calendar, and as I was browsing through it the other day, I noticed that May 18 is National No...
Trigger Warning: Pet Loss
There are so many beautiful gifts our fur babies give us, but I've heard it said the greatest one is an...
For the past two years, I’ve gone through the motions of new motherhood with what I wish was grace but unfortunately wasn’t always the...















