James & Jax

I am blessed with a job that allows me to tune out the world by throwing on some headphones and working to the sound of whatever music I’m in the mood for on any given day. And believe me, my tastes are eclectic! Yesterday, for instance, I started with an album I still, after a [...]

This post is difficult for me to write and inspired by my friends Lauren and Yael, who are two of the strongest women I know. Learning I learned an important lesson last night. I learned my emotional limits. I truly realized for the first time, too, that my primary responsibility now is to my son [...]

Today, I’m linking up with Charity and Jen and Robin and Yuz and a whole slew of awesome mommas I know for an important reason: Too often, I dismiss the things about my life that I should be so proud of. Too often, I dwell on the negative, or the things I want to change. [...]

My friend Diane Sanford, PhD, co-wrote an incredible book with Ann Dunnewold, PhD, for new mothers, called Life Will Never Be the Same: The Real Mom’s Postpartum Survival Guide. She mailed me a copy, and since I received it a few months ago, I occasionally turn to it when I’m having one of those “I’m [...]

Ahh, the perfect bubble bath is a wonder. It can lift your spirit at the end of a long day. It can provide a warm, safe haven behind a locked door–away from the kids for 30 minutes. It can help you finally finish off the last few pages of the book you’ve been reading for [...]