Designing my Day

My husband and I are experiencing something new this month. We have relocated to Florida and will be living between my in-laws home in Tampa, and our favorite cottage on Sanibel Island. Scott is working remotely and I—well, I get to design what my days look like. Have...

A Day of Rest

You know how sometimes you find yourself just dragging through the day? And then the day turns into days and you wish you could just WAKE UP! Well, that’s how I was feeling last week and I decided it was time to put an end to it. In the past, there have been times...

Returning to Work After Maternity Leave

Even though it’s been more than two years since I returned to work following the birth of our second (and last) child, it’s still so fresh in my mind. When my sister-in-law reached out to ask if I had any tips as she gets ready to make her own transition for the first...

A Shelf for my Hairbrush

I’ve been a mother now for seven years. Which means I have learned a thing or two. Of course I have many years ahead and many more lessons. But in these first seven years, the lesson that I have learned over and over and over and over and over again is that...

#MeToo

Lest you’ve been under a rock of late, #MeToo has become a hashtag for social outrage against sexual assault and harassment. #MeToo had the initial purpose to tell others on social media that they had experienced what an estimated—and astonishing—one in three women...

5 Ways to Maintain Gratitude

The other day I sat down with my kids to enjoy one of their favorite movies, Finding Nemo. In one particularly enjoyable part of the Disney flick, two fish find themselves in a terrifying predicament. As the fish flop around frantically on an oceanside dock, some...