James & Jax

The first thing I do when I get to my job each morning, after logging in to e-mail, is log in to each of my journals’ Twitter accounts. Then I sign into their Facebook pages. And then I read my Google Alerts and any interesting stories I can discuss through these social media outlets. Let [...]

Driving into work is when I do a lot of my deepest thinking. The other day, I got to thinking about all the brave women I have met over the years on Twitter, particularly through the #ppdchat hosted by Lauren Hale every Monday. What’s so great about the #ppdchat Army (as we call ourselves) is [...]

I was a nervous, anxious mess last night as I rocked Jax to sleep at 8:45, as always, in the glider we’ve used since his first day at home. By 9, he was out cold, so I laid him in his new Twin bed, complete with Star Wars sheets and a Darth Vader blanket. His [...]

I have a strange, long, hopefully awesome weekend ahead of me. It’s a weekend I anticipate to be full of highs and potential lows. The fun actually began last night, when our friends from another state visited us with their two boys. Jax had a playdate, which seemed to have tired him out just the [...]

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 [...]