Relationships

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 […]

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 […]

I currently live 700 miles from my family, but I have never felt more at home anywhere else. It didn’t start out that way, though. Because of my husband’s job, we had the choice of only two cities in which to live. We started out in Chicago, but once we became pregnant with our second […]

Recently my husband and I went to Washington, D.C., for a work event through his company. It was extra special because we’d spent the first five (child-free) years of our marriage together in that city. As the plane descended and the Washington Monument came into view, I started to tear up. I will admit, I […]