How to Throw a Multi-day Birthday Bash
From a sun-soaked picnic to a magical Disneyland adventure, here's how we made my daughter’s 10th birthday an unforgettable week of celebration and joy!
Dating as a Single Parent: Insights from Perfect Match's Jessica and Harry
Watching Jessica and Harry on Perfect Match stirred something in me. Dating as a single parent isn’t about turning someone into step-parent material — it’s about discerning whether they already are.
How I Juggle My Daughter's Volleyball Season with Our Hectic Schedules
Balancing a demanding career, youth sports, and family life is a constant juggle. Here’s how I manage my daughter’s volleyball season while protecting our time, sanity, and joy.
Forget Messy, Failed Crafts. Try This Instead
When my Type-A child’s crafts went from joyful to discouraging, I found a cleaner, confidence-boosting alternative that actually worked.
My Schedule As a Working Mom
This is what a real work-from-home schedule looked like for me and my daughter during Covid. Imperfect, flexible, and grounded in survival over aesthetics.
Answering Kids' Tough Questions
As children grow, their questions about family, love, and belonging become more layered, often arriving at the most unexpected moments.
Affirming Two Homes
Accepting co-parenting as the new norm was one thing, but realizing my daughter needed help affirming life in two homes changed everything about how I parented through divorce.
Preparing a Distance Learning Space
When school moved online indefinitely, I needed a learning space that worked in a small apartment, kept my daughter engaged, and didn’t drive my neat-freak heart crazy.
Spending Time With New Significant Others
Introducing a new partner is just dipping a toe in the pond. Letting your child spend time with them is a much bigger step and one that deserves more intention.
Getting dressed during pregnancy wasn’t about style as much as it was about adjusting in real time, finding what worked, and still feeling like myself in a body that was constantly changing.