September 26, 2019 Cool things to do with your teen I miss having a teenager. Don’t get me wrong, I adore our little 9-going-on-19 pre-tween more than life itself. But it was really fun…
September 16, 2019 Why do kids like s-c-a-r-y things? Our sweet, innocent little 9.5-year-old keeps asking to watch the movie It. She heard about It from schoolmates and has become obsessed with Pennywise…
August 23, 2019 Real talk about this menopause sh*t This one’s for all my ladies age 40 and up. Can we talk about this menopause and perimenopause crap? Because it feels like no…
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. Even now, it still…
April 30, 2019 Hi, I’m the Tattoo Doula! I have been a tattoo collector for more than 25 years and tattoo obsessed for far longer than that. Art that lives on your…
