Six weeks ago, I gave birth to my third baby. And since I have done it three times now, I can personally verify that everything you hear about each child being a gift is true. Every child, and every birth experience, is a breathtaking miracle. But after each of my pregnancies, the days after giving […]

Photo by: @rachelesthertate & @generation.mom You’re in the grocery store, headed down the snack aisle to grab some goldfish, trying to hurry and trying to remember the rest of your list, when you see her. She is visibly upset with her toddler. Her voice grows louder as you approach the goldfish. “I TOLD you to […]

Sweet daughter, I know you’re 12. You’re not just my little girl anymore. You’re starting to wade a little further from the shore. You’re pulling away from your family more and leaning into your friends. I may not like it, but, I understand that it’s natural and necessary. That learning to be independent can mean […]

“Date night is so important,” they say. It’s scrawled in the advice column in most wedding guest books and cards by well-meaning couple friends and parents alike. But, if you’re anything like my husband and me, we’ll broach the subject from time to time, make eye contact, and then burst into laughter. It’s not that […]

For Rachel Symons, Canada is a big change, because she is originally from Bermuda. However, she has loved making their house feel like home with her husband and their two daughters, adding touches that enhance the home’s original character, updating finishes with their style and bringing in beautiful pieces that she has transformed from thrift […]

If you’ve recently lost a child, there’s something I want you to know. Because I’ve been there too. At the end of 2017, I found out I was pregnant. We were shocked. We weren’t actively trying, so when it happened, I hardly knew how to process it. I was extremely sick and could barely eat. […]

Photo by: Love Well Photography Marriage. Takes. Work. We’ve all heard this saying before. But when it comes down to it, this is much easier said than done. As much as it makes sense that a lifelong relationship takes time and effort, actually putting in that work—daily—is another story. The day-in and day-out routine of […]

Dear Kids, It is almost 8 pm on a cold Wednesday evening in January. I am sitting in the kitchen typing on the laptop to the hum of the dryer in the basement tumbling a load of white dish towels that I bleached clean this afternoon. Please know that when your mother was 33 years […]

It’s everywhere. At the grocery store, in work meetings, and even on the highway. It’s talked about in the news, and discussed amongst friends. Our smartphone addiction has become awful — and we know it (more here and here). We all have anecdotes of the absurd, careless, or downright dangerous behavior we’ve witnessed (or committed!) while […]

My husband recently decided he wants to climb Mount Everest. This is not the first time he has expressed something like that. Going to the moon, learning how to free solo climb, joining the army—I’ve heard all these dreams from my husband and many other men over the years. I didn’t get it. People die […]