Tag Archives: Mothering Well

The birth of our first child catapulted us into a world that I have taken to calling “dramatic hard stuff.” This is the world of hospitals and grief, of loss and fear, of other people feel...

When I was a little girl, my dad told me I should be a lawyer. It was nothing more than an off-the-cuff remark, but from that moment on, I determined I was going to law school. As a kid I would watch ...

Between graduation festivities, college acceptance letters, and the rising thermometer, spring is an incredibly exciting time for high school seniors. But just behind that exhilaration can be a fair a...

I haven’t been watching my grandkids now for about 6 months…boo hoo.  Now that I’m getting away from having such little ones around me every day, sometimes I forget what it is ...

My not-quite-two-year-old daughter stepped on the scale the other day. She giggled, looked down at the number, and stepped off. She was totally unaware of what she was doing, other than copying someth...

I opened the window wide to listen to the boys as they played in the backyard.  My son had just made a new friend in the neighborhood, and they were having a blast.  Shrieks and laughter and...

My friend Alysha owns and operates a successful salon and boutique in downtown Bellingham, Washington. It is a darling little shop, sleek and stylish and full of sparkle. It is appropriately named Bli...

They’re the posts that go viral.  {You know the ones.}  The ones that tug at your heartstrings and assure you that you are enough and that motherhood is a high and holy calling and tha...

I really prefer to have it all together.  Or at least have you think that I do. Since I became a mom, I’ve worked really hard to have a well-organized, balanced, chaos-free life....

“With my first baby I was too married to his sleep schedule to let him fall asleep on my chest.”* That heartbreaking line grabbed my attention the second I read it on a seasoned...