My family and I have been seriously quarantined during this time due to my high-risk status and my work with newborns. We haven’t had physical contact with anyone outside our household in SIX MONTHS. We’ve had only a handful...
Oh how saying 2020 speaks with a sharpness of the heart. The unexpected turns of this year seem to keep on coming and it is in these places that strength finds a way.
Throughout the grief and the losses...
What I didn’t know, was that just hearing your heartbeat could make me have a change of heart. That despite all of the thoughts and negative connotations I had of children up until I got that positive test, I'd...
Death is a subject that scares many of us. There is an uncertainty that shakes us to the core as a loved one passes. The looming feeling of our inevitable demise becomes all too apparent when it happens to...
Sept. 28 is National Stupid Question Day. Yes, that is a thing, but National Stupid Question Day is not as stupid as it may sound.
I wish this were a thing when I was in school. How many of...
School decisions have been made and families are outstretched in strength to carry out their choice with diligence, with grace, and with preparation for the chapter of learning either in a school building or in the home. I know...
The great Tim McGraw once sang, "I was in my early 40s, with a lot of life before, and a moment came that stopped me on a dime...''
He describes a man who had a life-changing event that made him...
I started thinking about rocks the other day. My daughter was obsessed with collecting every type of rock and stone for a couple years when she was tinier - didn’t matter if it was on the side of the...
Today, you broke my heart. We went to the library for storytime after you begged to go to "baby brother's class." I was excited to experience this special time with you, my firstborn, and your baby brother. You listened...
When my husband and I found out that I was pregnant with our son, we almost immediately started house hunting. We'd lived in our home together for over 11 years, but it wasn't where we wanted to raise the...
In + Around Cincinnati
Cincinnati Spring Break Staycation {Oh, the Places We’ll Go}
This year for spring break, we are planning on staying home, minus a weekend at the in-laws' to celebrate Easter. We are looking forward...
