August 18, 2019 Our week with no screen time This summer, our darling daughter got grounded for a week for behavior unbecoming of a 9 year old living under our roof. Her punishment…
July 30, 2019 Why is she growing up so fast? No one prepared me, yet again, for the crazy amount of emotional and psychological development that happens in female kiddos between 8 and 9….
June 12, 2019 Loving – and letting go of – another family’s child When we signed up to host an international exchange student through YFU, we were ready for the adventure of bringing a young cultural ambassador…
June 5, 2019 Getting tattooed in your 40s Time for some hard truths from the Tattoo Doula: getting tattooed in your 40s is quite different from getting tattooed in your 20s. There…
May 10, 2019 Flower crown workshop with Ash & Hart It’s Mother’s Day this weekend, and if you’re a mom I wish you the happiest one possible. I’ve seen a few very sad Facebook…
May 4, 2019 Let’s just love ourselves right now I turned 49 this week and that’s honestly a little mind-boggling. I remember as a kid, 49 sounded SO old. And even now, it…
April 30, 2019 Hi, I’m the Tattoo Doula! I have been a tattoo collector for almost 25 years and tattoo obsessed for far longer than that. Art that lives on your skin…
April 27, 2019 Facing our worst fears: the dentist Somewhere I read or heard that facing our fears makes us stronger – that every time we do something we’re afraid of, it builds…
April 17, 2019 Swimming with the dolphins I’ve had the pleasure and good fortune to swim and interact with dolphins not once, but twice. The first time was in 2007 in…
March 28, 2019 Our most epic party ever We’ve had some pretty great parties for Z’s birthday celebrations over the years. We’ve bounced (several times), played, danced, gone swimming, been sung to…
