When Rory was born my whole world turned upside down. Like many new mothers, I was overwhelmed with every emotion under the sun. And with an intensity that has since been unmatched. I was swimming in a hormonal abyss – I cried all the tears, felt all the feelings, and wrote it all out as…
Category: Motherhood
Road Trip Snacks for Dinner
I’ve been giving myself a lot of crap lately – both literally and figuratively. Literally by filling my body with all of the things that make me feel tired and sluggish. This baby has been craving breakfast cereals made for children (give me all the fruity pebbles and cinnamon toast crunch 🙌🏻). And figuratively by…
Embrace 2018
It has been more than a hot minute since I’ve set my fingers to firing off wisdom and wit on the world wide web. Since September 2016 to be exact. But I’ve got all of these thoughts swimming around in my head and you, lovely readers, get to bear witness to my musings. Every year…
One Year Wiser
Happy birthday, sweet boy! You have been on this earth for a whole year now. And I am a year wiser and stronger for loving you. You have been blessed with parents, grandparents, extended family, and friends who care for you deeply and have supported you (and me) since day one. It is because of…
Run Away with me
There is a rug in my laundry room that says “Run Away with Me.” I cannot think of a more appropriate place for it to be, for it is in the mundane, day in and day out tasks of my life that I find myself wanting to escape. Don’t get me wrong – I love…
Growing a Tiny Human
I bought a journal when I found out I was pregnant. I thought I would be one of those moms who wrote down everything she was experiencing, you know, for posterity. Maybe even put pen to paper in a letter to my son letting him know how excited (and terrified and nervous) I was about…
Flabby Imperfections
I used to have skinny arms. They weren’t super muscular or ripped, but they were nice. The kind of arms that easily go unnoticed. Now my arms, along with various other parts of my body, are carrying a lot of extra fluff. And my former-skinny self has been doing a lot of beating up on…
Welcome, Child of Love
Earlier this month among the trees, in the presence of God and man, we dedicated our son. Surrounded by family and friends, we promised to cherish and nurture Rory throughout his life, to guide him and to respect and support the choices he makes, to do our best to raise him to take his place…
Silver Linings
I wrote this post about a month ago but it still rings true, especially today as we made our final payment to the IRS. Sometimes things don’t always work out the way you want them to, or the way you think they should. Like when you find out you owe lots of money on your…
The End of an Era
Well, that’s it. Friends is over. Ten seasons in the span of my nine week maternity leave. And as I watched the final credits roll in the darkness of 3 am, I let the tears fall. At first I was crying for Joey, who had to say goodbye. And Chandler and Monica for embracing new…
Woods Take On The World 