Ah, the ol' "I have NO IDEA where I am!" smile. Postpartum Progress, an organization near to my heart, held their inaugural Climb Out of Darkness fundraiser on June 21. Well, mostly on June 21. The idea was for survivors of - and women currently battling - postpartum mood disorders to walk, hike, ... Read More about Climb Out of the Darkness
Writing Archives
Stuff Tiny Humans Need
I've been meaning to put together a list of the essential things that helped me through Eli's first year of life for awhile; a friend recently asked for assistance registering for her first child so now I'm finally writing it. Hopefully this will be helpful to you, Anna, and to the other new parents ... Read More about Stuff Tiny Humans Need
Dora
Eli watched an episode of Dora the Explorer this morning in which her parents appear. This was a huge surprise for me, as I'd only ever seen episodes with her grandmother. In my mind, Dora was basically an orphan whose grandmother was present but couldn't care for her. Let's be honest here. ... Read More about Dora
Things I Step On
Things I Stepped On in My House Every Day for Most of My Life The floor Things I Step On in My House Every Day Now That I Have a Toddler and I Haven't Made Full Foot Contact with the Floor in Several Years Except Directly Before and After We Moved to a New Place Rocks. So many rocks.Diecast ... Read More about Things I Step On
Sopapilla Cheesecake (Ice Cream)
The church I attended for nearly ten years is having its tenth anniversary next weekend. For pretty much all of those years, I brought a sopapilla cheesecake to every gathering. After a while I started bringing two because the first one was gone so quickly. Once when we were out of town for a ... Read More about Sopapilla Cheesecake (Ice Cream)