We live just 18 miles outside of Boston in a very safe, quiet community filled with neighborhoods, farms, and open space. We have one...

The last time I posted was March 12, 2020. It was a Thursday, exactly one day before life as we knew it would change. Our schools would...

As we sit here, mid-March, in the midst of a pandemic, I can't help but wonder what has happened to our world. How have we become so...

Through my professional career as an Emergency Room nurse I have been provided the opportunity to care for some of the nation's...

The day I became a mother I had plans, goals, expectations, and ideas on how this whole thing called "motherhood" was going to go. What I...

Every stage of parenting has it's moments. For every moment of pure bliss, joy and love, there are moments of frustration, stress, and...

We are half way through August, and although we still have a few weeks left before school begins, I can't believe summer is almost over. ...

Sometimes it's easier to do things yourself, than to spend the time preparing, explaining, and demonstrating how it should be done. But,...

Why is it that if something doesn't feel comfortable, then we assume it's not right? Why is it that we avoid people, places, and...

Even though I'm not the oldest in my family, I am very much a Type A personality. I like things a certain way...my way. I like things...

Summers growing up seemed long. It seemed like months of day trips, beaches, back yard kiddy pools, sprinklers, and hot summer nights...

I was tired this morning. My kids were tired this morning. Nobody wanted to get up, in fact Finn asked if they could have nap time at...

" I don't want curly hair anymore Mumma. I want hair like my friends." How have we gotten to a place in society where 3 year olds are...

You can't teach balance, it must be practiced and perfected over time. Balance continually changes from internal and external factors,...

It's that third day of hair, dry shampoo, last night's makeup, yesterday's eyebrows, no shower, yoga pants and husband's hoodie kind of...

Fourth grade. A year in which kids still like school, still like eachother, and haven't yet divided into boys and girls lunch tables....

I'm not a good reader. I get instantly overwhelmed by the length of a book, and it's almost 100% guaranteed I'm going to fall asleep...

I work every weekend. My colleagues can vouch for me, that I've never been extremely punctual, but I never call out. Sometimes I leave...

We had an amazing dog sitter this week. A high school girl, passionate about animals, but especially dogs. She took her responsibility...

Of all the rooms in our house, I probably spend the most time here. It starts here, ends here, and I check in here several times a day....