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What I am learning/relearning

I've been a mom for two weeks, and there are so many things I am learning and relearning about myself. I have an overwhelming urge to...

The Fourth Trimester

About 3 times a day, I ask "what day is it?". I lose my phone approximately every 5 minutes. I wear the same clothes to bed that I wore...

Our Team

I’ve heard how great Tom is doing from nurses, friends, and family. And I be sure to tell him myself, too, and to thank him. I don’t...

The Care Team

I wanted to take a moment to write about the care team at the hospital during our Labor, Delivery, and Recovery. First, I am not used to...

Post College Stress Disorder

A few weeks ago, Sorority Recruitment videos started popping up on my Tik Tok feed. And man, did it bring back some memories that I hoped...

Feeling All The Fear

The crib is set up. And in just 14 weeks (give or take), there will be a baby. OUR baby. And I am terrified. I'm excited- I love this...

Stepping Out

Real talk, I wasn't super social before the pandemic. It was something I struggled with and I felt lonely a lot of the time. I started a...

First Trimester Recap

Hey, remember when I decided I really wanted to blog again so I wrote a few entries and then disappeared for a few months? Yeah, sorry...

Authentically Me

I'm not sure when I made this declaration, but not too long ago I decided I wanted to live 100% authentically. Maybe that seems like a...

How I Fell in Love with Fitness.

It's true. I love to workout. Sure, there are some days where it is the last thing that I want to do. But once I start my workout, I...

February Favorites

BOOKS One True Loves: This has been on by To Read list for a long time. I love the author (Taylor Jenkins Reid). The story is...

The Big Three

My friend Sam suggested I write about the three artists that have had the most influence on me. She made it clear I could only pick...

My To Be List

Throughout my life there's been so many things that I wanted to be. A teacher, a nurse, a baker. A broadway star (it's a real shame I was...

Anxiety + Grief= A Mess.

Over the weekend, I read a book "Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief". It was a great read- and although I did wish I had read it sooner...

The Retail Worker's Wife

My husband, Tom, has worked retail for as long as I have known him. I've been used to giving up date nights when he had to close the...

Alone During a Panedmic

Even though I am married, I've spent a lot of the pandemic by myself. My husband is a front line worker at a grocery store, and he works...

January Favorites

I am always asking for recommendations on books, tv shows, podcasts, and music, so I thought that at the end of each month I'd share some...

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