I would never consider myself a naturally spontaneous person.  I’m a planner.  Always am…always have been. I feel like life is so full of unpredictable events, that I find comfort in holding on to what I can control.  I like knowing what to expect.  I like having a grip on whatever possible.  It helps me […]

Did I ever tell you how my parents chose my name? Apparently, my parents had been going back and forth for months trying to decide on a girl’s name for me…and it just wasn’t coming to them.  Then, one night, not long before I was born, then went to see a movie together featuring the […]

I’m not going to lie…I was afraid to have a second baby.  It’s not that I didn’t want one…it’s that I didn’t know if I could do it. The moment I found out I was pregnant with our daughter, I was filled with both immense excitement and profound apprehension.  Being an only child meant that […]

I remember the first blog post that I ever wrote; it was only three paragraphs long and it took me nearly two hours to write.  The words and desire came easily…but I just couldn’t bring it together the way I wanted to…the way I needed to. I sat there at my computer screen struggling to […]

I remember those first three months after having Hudson as being a vortex.  A Bermuda triangle of emotions and adjustments.  I couldn’t believe that I was suddenly responsible for this little human being and all of his needs.  The first time I managed to do grocery shopping with him on my own, I felt like […]

“It was the best of times…it was the worst of times…” That’s how the saying goes, isn’t it? I remember thinking this after our first year of being parents.  We had never laughed so much…cried so much…wondered what the heck we were doing so much!! A good friend of mine once told me that having […]