Tag: Journal
Why I Still Need My Friends Who Knew Me Before I...
Last week, I was feeling low. My phone was broken and my best friend, Corinna, doesn’t have social media, so reaching out to her...
Coffee Roasting 101, Preschool Edition
Most of the time, people move about their days, doing their work and not paying much attention to who or what is going on...
10 Things I’d Tell My 21 Year Old Self
The other day, when I called my alma mater’s bookstore (Go SFSU Gators!) about the availability of some tchotchkes I was looking to purchase for...
The Joy of Weekend Naps
I just woke up from an hour nap. It was divine! Our family had spent the morning engaged in our usual Saturday morning routine...
Promises to My Father-In-Law After His Passing
Dear Father-in-Law,
Your grandson, Eli, turned three this past Friday. As I was listing everyone who would be joining us, he added your name, “And...
The Chosen Joyful Journey: When Summer Seems Fun for Everyone But...
Isn’t summer grand? Isn’t it glorious to be able to lounge around poolside, creamy rum drink in hand, watching our marvelous children splash and...
The Load of Laundry That Broke Me
I could hear my kids playing in the living room, the noise of their toy firetrucks whirling telling me that they were safely occupied. I...
Social Skills Ruin Everything
Yesterday I was at the park watching my five-year-old daughter try to engage with a group of little girls.
There were four of them;...
The Power of Tradition: 3 Reason to Integrate Tradition into Your...
Easter morning, my husband and I were scrambling to hide the eggs—not because we forgot and not because we had overslept.
Our “kid,” our...
Perfect Harmony—Raising a Songbird Without Losing Your Own Voice
When I was pregnant with our first child, my husband, a musician at heart, would put headphones on my belly each night, rejoicing as...
