My Five-Year-Old Still Uses a Pacifier
November 12, 2023
Yup. You read that right. I let my 5-year-old use a pacifier. Cue the judgment.
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If My Kid Can Go Nut-Free, So Can Yours
November 8, 2023
My son ate peanut butter all day every day during the summer, but now that he’s back to school in a nut-free environment, he has given up his beloved peanut butter for 6.5 hours a day, and the world has continued to spin.
I Don’t Want My Kids to Grow Up the Way I Did
October 1, 2023
My father is an abusive alcoholic. I am determined to ensure that my children have a completely different childhood from the one I had.
I Don’t Regret Not Redshirting My Four-Year-Old
June 20, 2023
When I decided against redshirting my four-year-old, he had a lot of growing up to do, and he had trouble adjusting to the regimen of school.
Forget Report Cards: This Is What Really Matters
June 1, 2023
Forget report cards. No grade can measure who my daughter truly is. She is so far beyond “outstanding” in every way to those who know and love her.
7 Emotions Parents of Teens Feel Every Single Day
January 30, 2023
Raising a teen is often likened to riding a rollercoaster, but that may be an understatement. I charted the emotions that came with parenting for a few days. It was a lot.
When Parenting Took Over my Marriage
January 19, 2023
Every new parent goes through that phase when marriage inadvertently crawls to sulk in a dark corner of the basement, hidden by cobwebs, grieving alone.
Only Eighteen Christmases
November 1, 2022
Eighteen gets to be a gut-wrenchingly small number when you realize that’s the number of times you have to make significant memories with your kids.
Letting Go of the “Wish” Daughter I Never Had
August 1, 2022
Your name is Emily. You are loved. Fiercely. You complete our family, and it is hard to imagine being without you. But you don’t exist. You never did. And you never will.
We Take Vaccination for Granted…and We Shouldn’t
July 23, 2022
Having volunteered with Shot@Life for the past several years, I know it’s possible that we may eradicate polio in our lifetime.
My Five-Year-Old Still Uses a Pacifier
November 12, 2023
Yup. You read that right. I let my 5-year-old use a pacifier. Cue the judgment.
If My Kid Can Go Nut-Free, So Can Yours
November 8, 2023
My son ate peanut butter all day every day during the summer, but now that he’s back to school in a nut-free environment, he has given up his beloved peanut butter for 6.5 hours a day, and the world has continued to spin.
I Don’t Want My Kids to Grow Up the Way I Did
October 1, 2023
My father is an abusive alcoholic. I am determined to ensure that my children have a completely different childhood from the one I had.
I Don’t Regret Not Redshirting My Four-Year-Old
June 20, 2023
When I decided against redshirting my four-year-old, he had a lot of growing up to do, and he had trouble adjusting to the regimen of school.
Forget Report Cards: This Is What Really Matters
June 1, 2023
Forget report cards. No grade can measure who my daughter truly is. She is so far beyond “outstanding” in every way to those who know and love her.
7 Emotions Parents of Teens Feel Every Single Day
January 30, 2023
Raising a teen is often likened to riding a rollercoaster, but that may be an understatement. I charted the emotions that came with parenting for a few days. It was a lot.
When Parenting Took Over my Marriage
January 19, 2023
Every new parent goes through that phase when marriage inadvertently crawls to sulk in a dark corner of the basement, hidden by cobwebs, grieving alone.
Only Eighteen Christmases
November 1, 2022
Eighteen gets to be a gut-wrenchingly small number when you realize that’s the number of times you have to make significant memories with your kids.
Letting Go of the “Wish” Daughter I Never Had
August 1, 2022
Your name is Emily. You are loved. Fiercely. You complete our family, and it is hard to imagine being without you. But you don’t exist. You never did. And you never will.
We Take Vaccination for Granted…and We Shouldn’t
July 23, 2022
Having volunteered with Shot@Life for the past several years, I know it’s possible that we may eradicate polio in our lifetime.
