We are in the thick of it. This video, "If I Were A Young Woman Now," gave me pause and reminded me it's in moments like these I may need to take a step back again. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ltVPj6-5xpo?autoplay=0&mute=0&controls=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christinapeng.com&playsinline=1&showinfo=0&rel=0&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&enablejsapi=1&widgetid=29 This video was published a couple of years ago but I only just saw it for the first [...]
Parenting With The Endgame In Mind
Holding their little hands and walking alongside these two in this season of life is crazy, beautiful, my greatest joy...and such a special opportunity I love weddings. There’s nothing quite as sweet as being a part of such a meaningful moment in someone’s life. And the thickness of love that fills that space! How surreal [...]
Letting Them Be Little
Rather than trying to correct toddler regression, perhaps we should give them a safe space to regress. After all, if it's going by too fast for us, it may be going too fast for them too. I am thinking about my first-born today. This photo was taken almost exactly two years ago, a month before [...]
Inviting Our Kids Into The Everyday
So often, I'm rushing around trying to get things prepped and ready to go. But I distinctly remember a while back, there was an instance when my son started getting sad, looked up at me with his puppy eyes and said, "stop it, mommy! play with me please." It stopped me in my tracks, and [...]
Space To Fly
Giving this guy the space to run free - a pretty beautiful space As a mama, it can be so tempting to try to control everything. I love my kiddos so much that I want to do all that's in my power to create a safe, healthy environment where they can thrive. Add my son's [...]
Holding On While We Can
My sweet boy loves nothing more than hugging and snuggling with mommy these days. Perhaps it’s this age or that his little sister is becoming so mobile. He wants to be picked up and held all the time, and he loves playing a game he made up called “mommy’s baby”, where he acts like a [...]
Balancing Act
Sometimes, the only way forward is to continue placing one foot in front of the other Balance. That concept seems to escape me these days. I’m not gonna lie. Life isn't all pretty pictures and instamoments. I'm exhausted right now. My to-do list feels insurmountable; a huge list of to-dos at work that I can't [...]
From Wedding Bells To Wanting Out
What we learned on making marriage work. When it comes to the most breathtaking, heart moving, tear inducing moments, the vow exchange is hard to beat. There is nothing quite as beautiful as two people publicly and earnestly professing their love and commitment to one another. In moments like that, I’ve often wondered how a [...]
Quality Time Without Expectations
Sometimes all you need is a good cry and a hug, and the space to just be able to do that and for that to be OK. Today was a harder day. Work was exhausting, and instead of coming home to big smiles and running hugs, the kids were fussing, tantrumming, or crying at every [...]
On Helping Our Friends With Depression
Perhaps there is more we can do than encourage them to reach out. Perhaps it actually begins with us. I was already so saddened and so affected earlier this week by Kate Spade; with Anthony Bourdain's passing this morning, it was just too much. My heart is broken for them and those that have gone [...]
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