Hablas Ingles?
Yo hablo Ingles.
These were two of my ‘go to’ phrases that I commonly used during the first few months after our recent move to Madrid.
I was mortified to speak to anyone in public. I would make my...
Let me tell you a little story about a friend (spoiler alert: I’m the friend).
This “friend” set a New Year’s Resolution to lose the baby weight, get in shape, and eat healthy. She thought she’d accomplish this goal by...
I am not a hoarder. I am also not a hoarder who’s in denial. My husband and I try to be very strategic about what we bring into our home, and I am one of those people who has...
Journal writing was never one of my strong suits. As a teenager I would write in it periodically, basically whenever I found it in my room. Now that I am a mom I have maybe only written in it...
We all hear about the honeymoon stage in a relationship. We go through it during the early stages of dating, it’s rekindled after the engagement, and then we see that blissful time once again when we say the “I...
Three years ago, I made the first New Year's resolution I’ve ever kept. Essentially, I challenged myself to create something new every day. These didn’t need to be tangible items. Sometimes it was art. Often it was in the...
2017 was hard. And now that I think about it, 2016 and 2015 weren’t so easy either. I had a rough time having babies—the anxiety, sleep deprivation, and overwhelming to-do lists were difficult for me to adjust to. It...
I hesitantly signed up for Facebook when it first became available to non-ivy league schools in 2004. (Who remembers that?!) At the time, I thought it was crazy people were signing up for “social media” to “talk” to the...
Food. It's both my friend and my enemy. All of my life, I've had an on and off relationship with food. Lately I've been really examining why this is. Why do I turn to food in both good times...
“The key to happiness is low expectations. Lower. Nope, even lower. There you go.”
~Ramblin' Mama
I came across this quote online. I read it and it was a light bulb moment, people. This Type A mama needed to lower her...