James & Jax

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 [...]

It’s the time of year again when I want to crawl out from under my thick sweaters and sneakers, toss on some flip flops, and lay on a blanket in the sun all day long. Job? What job? This early spring (seriously–it started in January) has me excited for some events and plans we have [...]

I haven’t blogged here about some of the things locked deep inside my heart, and I’m still not even sure I want to blog about them. But for the sake of transparency, and so you can know me a little better, here goes nothing. I can always delete, right?! I have a Dad, but  I [...]

Ever feel like every female you know is pregnant? Like it’s some kind of conspiracy to get you to have another kid (or your first, if you haven’t joined the parenting club yet)? That’s my life right now. My husband and I decided long, long ago that we wanted only one child. I won’t list [...]

Yesterday, my husband and I took a big risk and accompanied Jax to his first professional hockey game: the Flyers vs. the Bruins. We had amazing seats 3 rows from the ice, just off the blueline near the Bruins’ goalie. The tickets were given to me by a season ticket holder with fantastic seats, due [...]