It’s Monday morning drop-off at school for my daughter, my least favorite corner of the week. Monday morning means not only do we need the backpack and lunchbox (which of course we did not clean out on Friday - ew), but we also need the nap bag that includes the brightly labeled nap blanket and tiny pillow. I come downstairs feeling like I have already lived a full day waking up extra early to get ready before my daughter is awake, getting her ready for school, packing her l

I feel the urge to scroll. I can picture my finger on the phone, my eyes skimming the monotonous feed that won’t have anything new to show me since I just did my social media laps an hour ago. Or if there is new content, it’s the bottom of the barrel content consisting largely of ads or people and places I don’t care about. Yet, I scroll on. What do you do when you have trained your mind that the reward for working hard, taking a walk, or being fully engaged at work, an acti

Pregnancy loss fucking sucks. It sucks when it happens to you and it also sucks when it happens to the people you love. Please don’t let the title mislead you, there is no blueprint for how you should respond when you experience a pregnancy loss, just as there is no blueprint for how exactly you should respond when a loved one experiences pregnancy loss. However, there are ways to begin exploring how you can support yourself and your loved ones when coping with a miscarriage.