Category: Family
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What We Pass Around the Table
This holiday season, as the dishes started moving around the table, I noticed something I’d never really seen before. Not the food itself or the familiar chaos of a holiday meal, but the way care was being passed hand to hand — quietly, instinctively, without anyone calling attention to it. In that small rhythm of… Read more
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The Magic We Didn’t Know We Were Making: Our Advent Tradition of Simple Surprises
When the kids were little, we didn’t do anything fancy for Advent — just one small December surprise each day. Coloring pages. Pajamas and hot cocoa. A car ride to look at lights. But those tiny, ordinary moments somehow turned into the memories my kids talk about the most. This is our story, and the… Read more
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To Love Is to Be Vulnerable
Sure, you can avoid heartbreak. You can keep your walls up, play it safe, and convince yourself you’re protecting your heart. But here’s the thing—when you shut out the risk of pain, you also shut out the best parts of being human. You miss the laughter that leaves you gasping for breath, the friendships that… Read more
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Pony Casserole Confidence
When my then toddler proudly announced that dinner was three My Little Ponies baked in her toy oven, I didn’t intervene—I just nodded along. And the truth is, that glittery little casserole held more wisdom about imagination than I expected. Read more
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Encouraging or Crushing? How Parents Shape Their Kids With Words
I wasn’t trying to listen—but once I heard those words, I couldn’t un-hear them. It made me wonder how often our kids carry more than just gear after practice. Sometimes they carry the weight of our words too. Read more
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She’s Got Help: What Marvel Taught Me About Found Family
We don’t need powers to be powerful. We just need people who show up. A story about Marvel, motherhood, and the sacred art of being there. Read more
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Will Your Obituary Tell the Truth?
Lately, I’ve been reading obituaries like they’re Yelp reviews. Morbid? Maybe. But more than anything, it’s a reminder: your legacy isn’t the poetic words printed on fancy cardstock — it’s the real stories the people who actually knew you tell when you’re gone. Not the polished LinkedIn bio version. Not the airbrushed highlight reel. Just… Read more
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From Potty Training to Paying Bills: Why Small Wins Deserve Applause
You ever hear something so funny and so weird in a public restroom that it turns into a life lesson? Same. This is a story about a toddler, a cheerleader-mom, and why we should all be a little more generous with our gold stars. Especially the invisible kind. Read more
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The Road Back: Lessons from I-74
We all have a stretch of road that knows our best prayers, our biggest tears, and our quietest dreams. Mine is I-74. It’s not fancy — mostly hills and hog farms — but it taught me what it means to gather, love, and carry my hometown with me wherever I go. Read more
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The Sacred Work of Coming Undone (And Why Nothing Is Wasted)
Sometimes things come undone—not because they’re broken, but because they’re ready to become something new. A reflection on sweaters, soul work, and reimagining. Read more