“I don’t like the way I look.” Those heartbreaking words came out of my 4 year old daughter one night right before bed. I couldn’t believe she was saying this to me. It was as if she was speaking a different language and I couldn’t understand her, yet I knew exactly what she was saying […]
Our home feels smaller these days and things that caused very little attention before are now magnified. The volume is now louder with all of my people under one roof all day {and night}. There is more bickering and more competition for space to just be alone. It was in this space of chaos that […]
Dear Sweet Girl, I wanted to write you a letter as I turn 30 for you to open and read when you turn 30 {and I’ll be 56… YIKES}. I thought of doing this the other day when I tucked you into bed and you asked me to lay down next to you and scratch […]
I am an accomplished physician, educator and researcher who, through a lot of hard work, has achieved just about every goal I have ever set for myself, but nothing, and I mean nothing, has humbled me like motherhood. The innate expectation of success that exists within me has quickly been reduced to an oftentimes very […]
I swear I did not set out to be an internet pot stirrer. Not THAT day anyway. It was a post that I knew not every one of my followers would ‘like’ or heart, but it was far from my most controversial morning musing. It was simply a reminder to myself and to my daughters […]
If you knew me before kids {or even saw me without my kids}, you would probably never believe that I would be a good “girl mom” and I would totally get it. While I like make-up and clothes, I have exactly 2 hairstyles in my repertoire – straight or curly and up or down {See? […]
They are referred to as the G3, the boys, and the Vikingos {yes, my mom named them the Vikings in Spanish}. I am the mother to THREE boys, ages 11, 9 and 7. Hear me roar y’all, hear me roar! The truth is that in my younger years, when I envisioned motherhood, I saw pink […]
She was just five years old when I met her, already comfortable with and proud of her self-proclaimed “tomboy” status. My youngest daughter {my step daughter} has never really cared for “girly” things. She naturally gravitated toward LEGOS, Hotwheels, and science experiments. She avoids frilly patterns, never cared to play with dolls. Her favorite […]
