Single Mom

The D word. Haha not that word. But one that’s considered almost just as horrendous: DIVORCE. I know it probably isn't what you want to think about during Valentine's Week, but for many of us it is reality. Despite the startling statistics...

I'm snarky. I am competitive. At times I can be downright cut-throat. I am slightly neurotic. I am messy. I am a germ freak. I know myself well enough to acknowledge and accept that I possess some less than...

I am a hopeless romantic…with a heavy emphasis on the hopeless aspect. I love love. I love cheesy romantic comedies. I love late 90s R&B jams. I am a sucker for poetry. I still believe in the mad, crazy...

It’s been two years since my husband died. My life is so different today because of his death and because of his life. Let’s rewind to the beginning to when we met. It was August 2010, and we were just...

Half of the time my heart is broken. I live in a world of frequent transition and separation from the one who makes my heart whole. She is at my breast for two days. She sleeps beside me. She...

OK, OK…disclaimer: I do not LOVE being a single mom. I wanted it all: the handsome husband, morning yoga, the beautiful home, and matching kiddos (aka: both pure chaos and bliss). I guess I do have all of it,...

  An open letter to the man I once thought was my Prince Charming:   I created my own happily ever after. I couldn't have done it if you hadn't broken my heart. So, thank you. Thank you for all of the...

Always #29 I turned twenty-nine, again, recently. I honestly haven’t felt better in years. Maybe it’s the self-confidence that comes along with being in your thirties. Maybe it’s the strength of motherhood. Or is it all of my good habits?...

It was the first or second week of four-year-old preschool. Mason had just turned four the week before school started. The teacher pulled me into a room to talk to me privately. To summarize, she said that my son...

The sun is shining. The grass in green. The skies are blue. Flowers are in bloom. Squirrels playfully chase each other between the trees. Birds sing their happy, chirpy songs. Couples float hand in hand, hearts dancing around their...