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 [...]

This week’s Mother’s Pride blog carnival really got me thinking about what I’m proud of about myself, and I’d like to add one more thing: I’m proud of myself for writing down so many of my thoughts and feelings throughout my life. As I’ve mentioned (several times…sorry), I’ve been feeling rather nostalgic lately. I’ve been [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the past–not in a creepy regretful way, but in a nostalgic way. I wish I could figure out what has set me off, why I spend so much time lately rehashing things, remembering people I haven’t thought about in years, playing out scenes from a decade ago (or [...]

I have to admit something: I cheated on this book with The Weird Sisters. And I totally regret having done so. Before starting The Weird Sisters, I’d happily made it three-quarters through Diary of a Mad Fat Girl, by Stephanie McAfee, enjoying the quirky protagonist, Ace, and her sidekick Lily as they save their friend [...]

I’ll let the photographs do most of the talking for me, since, afterall, it is “Wordless Wednesday.” But let me preface the photos with this: Spending a Saturday at the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware with my best friend Dacia, her husband, and my husband was one of the most fun things I’ve [...]