Sometimes when we have a million things to work on, my husband and I put unrealistic expectations on how our plans will unfold. For example, this weekend we were somehow going to clean the house, build a Ghostbusters roof rack for the minivan, sort through over 1000...

Parents get a lot of advice. Some of it is super great and very helpful. Other stuff (like sleep when the baby sleeps ... seriously?) is useful the first time you hear it and then gets repeated SOOOOO freaking often that you just want to strangle the next person who...

This is Alice. Alice sees fantastic worlds over the edges of beds. Alice marvels at things she’s never seen before and celebrates that rather than allowing herself to become complacent with the day-to-day humdrum toils in life. Be like Alice. 

Maybe I’m crazy. Maybe taking a huge leap into a creative career was irresponsible. Illogical. Completely nuts. Maybe my longing for happiness shouldn’t have steamrolled my sense of duty to a stable job and steady paycheck. Maybe my dreams should have stayed in a...

She can't resist the treasures hidden within my purse. Mom's carry the best stuff.

We all got sick at once. First, it was the flu right before Alice's first birthday party. We had to reschedule. Ever try giving Tamiflu to a squirming, screaming toddler? I don't recommend it. They spit. And bite. After the flu we got a stomach bug, only we didn't...