"And what do you say?" I asked my four-year-old with the tone that tells her she knows the answer.
"I don't want to say 'Please!' Can't I just have it?" She was exasperated, not whiny. Vulnerable, not defiant.
Without another word,...
I was recently chosen as a speaker for an upcoming virtual summit produced by the organization Moms Can Code. The Founder and CEO, Erica Peterson, created Moms Can Code as a supportive community for moms learning how to code in...
It's funny. I write all of the time, guys (like, all the time), and for some reason, this week, I'm stumped on what to share with you here! Have you ever felt really busy but can't recount what you've...
Through a series of unfortunate events, Amazon froze my account for four long weeks - as in, no shopping, no Alexa, no Prime TV shows, no nothing. I couldn't even review my order history or update my credit card....
Super Mom
noun
The highest aspiration of motherhood. She sends her kids to school with a nutritious, homemade lunch that they (probably) eat without complaint. She makes almost everything else from scratch, too, like those cookies you munched on when...
Dear C-Section Scar,
I’ll admit when I found out at 36 weeks pregnant I was going to need you that I left the doctor's office in tears and sat crying in my car. How bad would you hurt? What was...
I remember facing the decision to return to work after having my son. I weighed all the options and, in the end, chose to stay home. The close attachment I was building with my son won. I became a...
Happy Passover and Happy Easter! We're hosting Easter this year for fourteen adults and ten kids, so it's been a busy week getting ready for that on top of the week's usual routine and attending a fun private shopping...
It was a good week for my family as we learned our daughter got assigned to our first choice of public kindergartens in San Francisco! If you're not familiar with the process, it's overwhelming, so we're grateful and relieved to...
I had a big cry today. Crying isn’t exactly a rare occurrence for me, but today was different. I felt despondent and helpless. It felt like all the sorrow that has befallen my friends, family, and community hit me...
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